African Desperate
A hilarious, candy-colored, coming-of-age comedy.
-- Filmmaker Magazine
The African Desperate
THE AFRICAN DESPERATE tracks one very long day for Palace Bryant (an expertly deadpan Diamond Stingily), a newly minted MFA grad whose final 24 hours in art school become a real trip. Palace is not going to the fucking graduation party! She hates the woods. If this were a reality show, she would be the person who was not here to make friends. Palace needs to get home, back to Chicago from upstate New York. But that means surviving a hazy, hilarious, and hallucinatory night-long odyssey, stumbling from academic critiques to back-seat hookups. The electrifying feature debut from renowned artist Martine Syms, THE AFRICAN DESPERATE brings her razor-sharp satire and vivid aesthetic invention to a riotous coming-of-age comedy.
"Witty, sharp, and right on the mark, this is social commentary for the art world like we’ve never seen it before." – Vogue
"A surreally immersive and snickering good time." – Film Comment
"Rollicking, piercing, and wildly entertaining... An electrifying, riveting odyssey." – The Film Stage
"Witty, sharp, and right on the mark, this is social commentary for the art world like we’ve never seen it before." – Vogue
"A surreally immersive and snickering good time." – Film Comment
"Rollicking, piercing, and wildly entertaining... An electrifying, riveting odyssey." – The Film Stage
Genre
Comedy,
African-American Experience,
Drama,
Women and Film
Runtime
97
Language
English
Director
Martine Syms
Writer(s)
Rocket Caleshu,
Martine Syms
Cast
Diamond Stingily
Played at
Glendale 9.23.22 - 9.29.22
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