The African Desperate

<span><b><span>The acerbically funny and intimate screenplay for acclaimed visual artist Martine Syms''s debut film, </span><span><i>The <span>African</span> Desperate</i></span><span>.</span></b></span><p><span><i>The <span>African</span> Desperate</i></span><span> 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, </span><span><i>The <span>African</span> Desperate</i></span><span> 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.</span><br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>