Keep Talking

Three Alaska Native women work to save their endangered language Kodiak Alutiiq and ensure the future of their culture while confronting their personal demons. With just 41 fluent Native speakers remaining mostly Elders some estimate their language could die out within ten years. The small community travels to a remote Island where a language immersion experiment unfolds with the remaining fluent Elders. Young camper Sadie an at-risk 13 year old learner and budding Alutiiq dancer is inspired and gains strength through her work with the teachers. Yet PTSD and politics loom large as the elders teachers and students try to continue the difficult task of language revitalization over the next five years.