The Unknown Country

On the news of her grandmother's passing, Tana (Lily Gladstone) packed the car and left Minneapolis on a sojourn down to the Texas-Mexico border, looking to reconnect with her Oglala Lakota relatives as well as her roots. The episodic voyage finds memorable interactions at a cousin's wedding and with strangers along the way, in Morrisa Maltz's remarkable road opus performed by a largely nonprofessional cast; Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Richard Ray Whitman, Raymond Lee also star. 85 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.