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
Mevrouw Faber
Released on: 2019-09-28
Documentary
In the early eighties, the tough trucker Harm married the shy, country girl Siepie. Thirty years lat...
Within Reach
Released on: 2013-10-13
Documentary
Documentary, Biographical Documentaries, Social & Cultural Documentaries, Travel & Adventure Documen...
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...
Against the Tide
Released on: 2023-01-20
Documentary
Two friends, both Indigenous fishermen, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship b...
Invasion
Released on: 2019-11-01
Documentary
In this era of "reconciliation", Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. INVASION is a new...
Tokyo Ainu
Released on: 2013-05-15
Documentary
TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its ...
Taking Alcatraz
Released on: 2015-11-01
Documentary
A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Na...
Trudell
Released on: 2005-01-20
Documentary
A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performan...
The Fight for Greenland
Released on: 2020-03-17
Documentary
The world's largest island has been part of Denmark since 1721, but a significant majority of the 56...
JazzTown
Released on: 2021-03-14
Documentary, Music, History
Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity...
Skydancer
Released on: 2011-11-13
Documentary
For more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called...
The Nightingale Sings
Released on: 2019-11-05
Documentary
The movie explores the origin of the Ukrainian language and persecution of those who defended its au...
Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution
Released on: 1971-01-01
Documentary
Hear the inside story of Huey Newton and the Black Panthers with this documentary that examines thei...
One Big Home
Released on: 2017-07-14
Documentary
On the tiny island of Martha's Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes thr...
Sweetheart Dancers
Released on: 2019-02-23
Documentary
Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple, are determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture...
Cidadão Jatobá
Released on: 1987-05-07
Documentary
Two Lawalapiti young men from Alto Xingu learn to build a canoe from the bark of the jatobá tree, a ...
The Brave Class
Released on: 2017-06-02
Documentary
Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the word...
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...
I Am FEMEN
Released on: 2014-05-22
Documentary
Oxana is a woman, a fighter, an artist. As a teenager, her passion for iconography almost inspires h...