August Screening
The Unknown Country
United States/ 85 min
Release Year: 2023
Director(s): Morrisa Maltz
Writer(s): Lily Gladstone, Morrisa Maltz, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux
Starring: Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman
Synopsis: An unexpected invitation rushes a grieving young woman into a lonely road trip through the American Midwest towards the border between Texas and Mexico.
An invitation to reunite with her estranged Oglala Lakota family launches a grieving young woman (Lily Gladstone) on an unexpected road trip from the Midwest toward the Texas-Mexico border. In this largely solitary journey with an unknown destination, Tana navigates the complex, post-2016 election social climate, and a natural landscape that is increasingly surreal. Along the way, she bonds with unexpected people that are as much a part of the landscape as the mountains and roads. At times at ease, at times on edge as a woman traveling alone, familiar faces and strangers shape her journey as she grapples with the pain of her recent loss and seeks to understand her place in the world.
SCREENING INFORMATION:
August 16, 2023
5:30 pm Pre-Reception Starts
6:30 pm Doors Open to Theater
6:45 pm Film starts
Post-Reception to Follow
Celebrating International Film and Encouraging Cultural Understanding