English Only

Miami, 1980. The streets are tense, the airwaves are burning, and the fight for the soul of the city has begun. Based on explosive true events, English Only unfolds in the wake of the Mariel Boatlift, when 125,000 new arrivals to South Florida ignited a fierce grassroots campaign to make English the county’s sole language—sparking a showdown with activists determined to keep Miami-Dade bilingual. A gripping, high-stakes portrait of a city—and a country—at a crossroads.