The African Desperate
Martine Syms author Rocket Caleshu author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Nightboat Books
Published:15th Dec '22
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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.
ISBN: 9781643621708
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
104 pages