We Will Speak (2023)
• March 23rd, 2023 • 1h 34min
Documentary
Overview
The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a State of Emergency for the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The covid pandemic has unfortunately hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and the youth must now lead the charge of urgent radical revitalization efforts to help save the language from the brink of extinction.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Uapishka
Released on: 2023-10-14
Documentary
North of the 51st parallel, where the dense boreal forest opens onto an arctic islet, the snow-cappe...
Pit Dhuwur
Released on: 2024-01-19
Documentary
In the heart of Yogyakarta, a tall bike enthusiast takes a stand against the city's lacklustre cycli...
Curtain Call
Released on: 2014-08-03
Documentary
Fifty years ago, aspiring thespians Terry and Carole Ann Gill arrived in Australia from England seek...
Vegan: Everyday Stories
Released on: 2016-06-04
Documentary
A feature-length documentary that explores the lives of four remarkably different people who share a...
Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta
Released on: 2024-03-08
Documentary
Why does the Mexican government consider the feminist movement a bigger threat than most drug cartel...
Within Reach
Released on: 2013-10-13
Documentary
Documentary, Biographical Documentaries, Social & Cultural Documentaries, Travel & Adventure Documen...
Land of Hope and Glory
Released on: 2017-08-02
Documentary
In 2005, a film called Earthlings became the most pivotal documentary of the animal rights movement....
Putin's Journey
Released on: 2025-01-17
Documentary
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has established himself as the most impactful world leader of this mil...
Tender
Released on: 2014-06-22
Documentary
A big hearted community celebrates life by fronting up to death. Set against the stunning backdrop o...
Bigger Than Us
Released on: 2021-09-22
Documentary
For six years, Melati, 18, has been fighting the plastic pollution that is ravaging her country, Ind...
Micropubs - The New Local
Released on: 2020-12-16
Documentary
Inspired by the original micropub craze in Kent, three entrepreneurial Londoners decide to open thei...
We Can Be Heroes
Released on: 2024-03-08
Documentary
Sometimes, finding your tribe requires a bit of magic. For attendees of a live action role-playing (...
A Pinto for the Prince
Released on: 1979-01-01
Documentary
In 1977, Prince Charles was inducted as honorary chief of the Blood Indians on their reserve in sout...
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Released on: 1985-11-01
Documentary
Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow ...
Baraka
Released on: 1992-09-15
Documentary
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that...
Internet, alienation or emancipation?
Released on: 2019-02-02
Documentary
A documentary in 10 chapters, built around interviews addressing the complex topic of personal data:...
Maximón: Devil or Saint
Released on: 2014-02-06
Documentary
MAXIMÓN - Devil or Saint is a documentary about the controversial Maya deity, also known as San Simo...
Mankiller
Released on: 2017-06-19
Documentary
The story of an American hero and the Cherokee Nation's first woman Principal Chief who humbly defie...
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Released on: 2021-05-26
Documentary
Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight fo...