The Unknown Country

Year: 2023
Description: Cast includes Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, and Richard Ray Whitman.
Grieving Tana (played by Lily Gladstone) reunites with her Oglala Lakota family in South Dakota and drives toward Texas to find a location featured in an old photo.
Director: Maltz, Morissa
Writer: Maltz, Morissa
Producer: Harper, Katherine; Heberton, Laura; Heitkamp, Tommy; Maltz, Morissa; Shangreaux, Lainey Bearkiller; Taing, Vanara
Cinematographer: Hajek, Andrew
Editor: Taing, Vanara
Production Team: Cold Iron Pictures and Music Box Films
Genre: Feature Film
Drama
Language: English
Media Format: 1 DVD (86 min.), 1 Blu-ray disc (86 min.), or 1 streaming video (86 min.)
Type: Color
Additional Content: The DVD and Blu-ray disc include "The Unknown Country: An Exploratory Filmmaking Process," a Q&A session from the Chicago Critics Film Festival; the short film Odyssey directed by Morrisa Maltz; the music video "Looking for Knives" by Dyan; and the photo gallery "Views from the Road."
Updated: 05-23-2025

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