SNOWLAND
Director: Jill Orschel
Producer: Jill Orschel and Joanne Feinberg
Screenwriter: Jill Orschel and Susan Metzger
Release Year: 2025
Language: English (United States)
Subtitle: English (United States)
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary
A visually rich, character-driven documentary that takes viewers into the imaginative world of Cora Lee Witt, a woman who left a polygamous sect in Utah and spent decades creating a magical realm she calls "Snowland." Using a blend of cinéma vérité and dreamlike stop-motion animation, the film and Cora’s artistic pursuit become a metaphorical journey of lost innocence, survival, and self-discovery. More than a story of escape, SNOWLAND stands as a testament to the transformative power of art, the resilience of the human spirit, and the quiet, radical act of creating something beautiful from the hardest parts of life.