The African Desperate

5.545
  • Genre:Comedy, Drama
  • Production:Ways & Means
  • Released:2022-09-16
  • IMDB:tt17048276
It’s MFA grad Palace Bryant’s final 24 hours in art school, and she is not going to the graduation party! She needs to get back home to Chicago from Upstate New York, but that means surviving a hazy, hilarious, and hallucinatory odyssey, stumbling from academic critiques to backseat hookups.
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The African Desperate review – archly knowing art-world satire  The Guardian

‘The African Desperate’ Review: Double Speak (Published 2022)  The New York Times

The African Desperate movie review  Roger Ebert

Martine Syms's The African Desperate deconstructs the MFA experience  The Art Newspaper

‘There’s This Illusion That It’s an Equalizer’: Artist Martine Syms on How Her New Film Explodes the Myth of the MFA Education  Artnet News

The African Desperate Is a Composed, Critical Examination of Race  Paste Magazine

The Story Behind Martine Syms’ Debut Film, The African Desperate  AnOther Magazine

Martine Syms and Daisy Zhou Discuss the Nuances of an Artistic Life  W Magazine

Art School Hangover: Director Martine Syms on The African Desperate  Filmmaker Magazine

Enter the Gallery: Memes in Response to The African Desperate  polyesterzine.com

‘The African Desperate’ Expands the Movies’ Narrow View of the Art World (Published 2022)  The New York Times

Martine Syms’s Portrait of Art School Alienation  The Nation

La famille artistique de Martine Syms  Numéro

Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Martine Syms  McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

The African Desperate | Audience Reviews  Rotten Tomatoes

AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTINE SYMS  PIN–UP Magazine

Wet Paint in the Wild: Martine Syms Parties With Fellow Artist Diamond Stingily and Hits the Awards Circuit With Her Directorial Debut ‘The African Desperate’  Artnet News

The African Desperate and the Achingly Accurate Depiction of Art School  polyesterzine.com

Martine Syms and Precious Okoyomon Need Space to Breathe  Interview Magazine

Peyton Robinson’s Overlooked Films of 2022  Roger Ebert

Trailer: A Desperate Mother Is Pushed to the Limit in Akin Omotoso's South African Netflix Thriller 'Marked'  Sinema Focus

“There’s a paradoxical relationship in which you know you’re really loved but also really hated”: Martine Syms on The African Desperate  The Upcoming

‘Happening’ to Open 2022 New Directors/New Films Festival (EXCLUSIVE)  Variety

What does it mean to be truly alive in L.A.? Martine Syms is using film to figure out  Los Angeles Times

Screen Grabs: Happy 100th birthday, Mr. B.I.G.  48 Hills

‘Everybody Is Trying So Hard To Look Like They’re Not Trying’: Martine Syms’s Art-School-Insider Satire  ArtReview

Best Films of 2022: Individual Ballots  Film Comment

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