Music Field Movies has acquired the North American rights to Morrisa Maltz’s “The Unknown Nation,” a press launch introduced. “Sure Girls” actress Lily Gladstone stars as Tana, a bereaved younger girl embarking on a solitary odyssey by way of the American Midwest in the direction of the Texas-Mexico border.
Upon receiving a last-minute invitation to her cousin’s marriage ceremony, Tana units off on an impromptu street journey from Minneapolis to Spearfish, South Dakota. Set in opposition to the backdrop of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, she should negotiate the complicated political zeitgeist within the fallout of Trump’s victory whereas shifting by way of an “more and more surreal” pure panorama, per the movie’s synopsis.
“We’re so excited to proceed our movie’s unbelievable journey with Music Field,” Maltz stated in a press release. “Partnering with a distributor that has such a honest love and keenness for daring impartial cinema is so vital for a movie like ours. We couldn’t be extra thrilled to work with their proficient and exceptionally inventive workforce to convey ‘The Unknown Nation’ to audiences subsequent 12 months.”
Brian Andreotti, Music Field Movies’ head of selling, added, “Morrisa’s lyrical street film blurs the strains separating documentary and fiction filmmaking in actually revolutionary methods. Lily Gladstone’s soulful efficiency enriches this cinematic postcard from the backroads and highways connecting center America’s various voices and various landscapes.”
“The Unknown Nation” made its world premiere at SXSW earlier this 12 months.
Along with starring, Gladstone additionally penned the script alongside Maltz, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, and Vanara Taing (“The Lego Batman Film”).
Gladstone’s supporting position in 2016’s “Sure Girls” landed her nominations from the Gotham Awards and Indie Spirit Awards. She reunited with Reichardt on 2019’s “First Cow.” Her upcoming slate consists of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a criminal offense drama revisiting how members of the Osage tribe had been murdered below mysterious circumstances.
Maltz beforehand helmed “Ingrid,” a doc which she took dwelling the Grand Jury Prize on the 2018 Pink Rock Movie Pageant. It follows Ingrid Gipson, who absconded from her life as a socialite and dressmaker to steer a self-sufficient, reclusive life within the woods. She additionally directed “Odyssea,” a 2014 comedic brief a few younger girl who returns to her hometown to pursue a non-public enterprise with actual and imagined inhabitants.
“The Unknown Nation” is screening at Mill Valley Movie Fest October 9 and can launch in theaters and VOD subsequent 12 months.
Supply: Women And Hollywood
