Closed Now:
Become a Member
Your Cart
The Unknown Country
Directed by Morrisa Maltz
$12 / $8 Speed and Louisville Film Society members
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.
This drama had its world premiere at SXSW. 2021, U.S., DCP, 85 minutes. Recommended for 16+.
Followed by a post-screening discussion.