With the Trump era in the rearview mirror (though the aftereffects are definitely still being felt today), we’re going to begin to see a lot of films that deal with that political upheaval in various ways. One of those films is the new drama, “The Unknown Country.”
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With “The Unknown Country” recently celebrating its world premiere at this year’s SXSW, we’re happy to give our readers an exclusive look at a clip from the unique film. The feature follows the story of a woman who is dealing with grief and attempts to recover through a road trip from the Midwest to the Texas-Mexico border. As the clip shows, the film takes place in the aftermath of the 2016 Presidential Election and the turmoil that erupted after that time.
The drama stars Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Devin Shangreaux, Jasmine “Jazzy” Bearkiller Shangreaux, Pam Richter, Dale Leander Toller, Florence R. Perrin, and Teresa Boyd. “The Unknown Country is written and directed by Morrisa Maltz, based on a story she helped craft with Gladstone, Vanara Taing, and Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux.
“The Unknown Country” has its premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. You can watch the exclusive clip below.
Here’s the synopsis:
An invitation to reunite with her estranged Oglala Lakota family launches a grieving young woman 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.