We Will Speak (2023)
Dadiwonisi (We Will Speak)
With fewer than 1,500 fluent speakers left, a small group of Cherokee activists race to save their language from disappearing.
94 min
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.
- Data de estreia
- 23 de março de 2023
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Dakota Brown como Self
- Dakota Bryson como Self
- Kyle Chapa como Self
- David Crawler como Self
- Chad Cucumber como Self
- Schon Duncan como Self
- Cora Flute como Self
- Betty Frogg como Self
- Dehaluyi Gonzales como Self
- Keli Gonzales como Self
Equipe
- Schon Duncan · Diretor(a)
- Michael McDermit · Diretor(a)
- Schon Duncan · Roteirista
- Michael McDermit · Roteirista
- Keli Gonzales · Produtor(a)
- Laura Heberton · Produtor(a)
- Matt Miller · Compositor(a)
- Jacob Koestler · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Jacob Koestler · Editor(a)