The Unknown Country: Sunday, August 13

Admission $5
Showings @ 2pm and 5pm
Discussion following the 2pm show
Closed captioning at 2pm show if available

Drama, 1 hour 25 minutes, Not Rated); Director: Morrisa Maltz

Reeling from a devastating loss, Tana (Lily Gladstone) is pulled back into her past by an invitation to her cousin’s wedding. She packs up her late grandmother’s Cadillac and hits the road, driving from her home in Minnesota to South Dakota. After reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota family, Tana sets off to retrace a journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph. As she travels, Tana finds connection in the stories of everyday people who’ve settled down far off the main roads including Isaac (Raymond Lee), who provides a pivotal clue to understanding the lost location that could bring her closure.

“Unlike countless other stories that take a character on the open road, here there are no major lessons to be learned or obstacles to overcome, just a map populated with instances of intimacy that are so delicately mundane, they could easily slip through the cracks of one’s modern everyday bustle. Yet, in the hands of this director and through the eyes of her actress, these human exchanges imbue a subtle sense of lyricism into the habitual.”.  — Indiewire