The acerbically funny and intimate screenplay for acclaimed visual artist Martine Syms's debut film, The African Desperate.The African Desperate follows Palace Bryant on one very long day in 2017 that starts with her MFA graduation in upstate New York and ends at a Chicago Blue Line Station. Set against the lush backdrop of late summer, Palace navigates the pitfalls of self-actualization and the fallacies of the art world. Shot through with Syms’s celebrated conceptual grit, humor, social commentary, and vivid visual language, The African Desperate leads us through picturesque landscapes and artists studios, from academic critiques to backseat hookups, and from the night of a wild graduation party to the morning of a lonely trip back home.
- ISBN10 164362170X
- ISBN13 9781643621708
- Publish Date 15 December 2022 (first published 13 September 2022)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Nightboat Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 104
- Language English