We Will Speak (2023)
1h 34m
Running Time
March 23, 2023Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Keli Gonzales
Self / Producer

Carolyn Swepston
Self

Schon Duncan
Self / Producer / Director

Marion Scraper
Self

Eda Scraper
Self

Durbin Feeling
Self

Clifton Petit
Self

Weynema Smith
Self

David Crawler
Self

Betty Frogg
Self

Clara Proctor
Self

Cora Flute
Self

Gil Jackson
Self

Oleta Pritchett
Self

Bo Lossiah
Self

Marlene Ballard
Self

Ann Arneach
Self

Gary Wayne Vann
Self

Howard Paden
Self

Colby Luper
Self

Ernestine Berry
Self

Ryan Mackey
Self

Krystan Moser
Self

Dehaluyi Gonzales
Self

Ashlyn Fullerton
Self

Agalisiga Mackey
Self

Olivia Wildcat
Self

TJ Holland
Self

JP Johnson
Self

Lukas Swepston
Self

Dakota Brown
Self

Carney Duncan
Self

Andrew Swepston
Self

Katherine Harper
Executive Producer

Kyungchan Min
Colorist

Jacob Koestler
Editor / Producer / Post-Production Manager / Cinematography

Diana Baldovino
Executive Producer

Derek Boonstra
Associate Producer

Matt Miller
Music

John Helgeland
Associate Producer

Rory Crittenden
Second Unit Cinematographer / Associate Producer

Carol Anderson
Associate Producer

Mark Shlomchik
Executive Producer

Michael Mahaffie
Associate Producer

Dick Anderson
Associate Producer

Leah Trznadel
Assistant Production Coordinator

Natalia Tararova
Associate Producer

Michael McDermit
Producer / Director

Thomas Sadoski
Executive Producer

Laura Heberton
Producer

Gill Holland
Executive Producer

Ben Speiser
Executive Producer

Wes Studi
Executive Producer
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 23, 2023
Original NameᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
community
linguistics
cherokee nation
language revitalization
united keetoowah band of cherokee indians
eastern band of cherokee indians
indigenous
language
native american
cherokee
activism
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