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. And the covid pandemic has only hastened this decline. 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. Through intimate interviews, vérité footage of community gatherings, and extensive archival materials, ????? (WE WILL SPEAK) explores the nuanced ways the Cherokee language is vital to maintaining a unique cultural identity and relationship with the world.