The African Desperate(2022)

Name: The African Desperate
Director: Martine Syms
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: Sep 16, 2022
Cast: Diamond Stingily, Erin Leland, Cammisa Buerhaus

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1h 37m
- Comedy
- Drama

Release Date: Sep 16, 2022

This coming-of-age comedy tracks one very long day for Palace Bryant, a newly minted MFA grad whose final 24 hours in art school become a real trip.

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Release Details

Original Release | Sep 16, 2022 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$10,971
Total US & Canada:
$29,763
Total Worldwide:
$29,763

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Martine Syms
Director

Diamond Stingily
Palace

Erin Leland
Hannah

Cammisa Buerhaus
Aidan

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

The first 24 hours as an MFA. Palace (Diamond Stingily) is a tall black Aquarius and a sculptor on the up. She was in the Venice Biennale, among other shows, which pisses people off; they think her success is not because of her art, but other attributes. She is exhausted, frustrated, and wants to go home to see her family. She plans a silent protest to not attend the graduation party, even though she has promised DJ. In her first feature film, artist Martine Syms applies her celebrated conceptual grit, humor, and social commentary to the cinematic form, where the natural beauty of upstate New York abuts the Day-Glo druggy haze of an art party. With a banging soundtrack and cinematography that references street photography, giddy gonzo cinema and 1990s high-school romcoms, The African Desperate ultimately chronicles the need for release and emancipation from mental slavery.