Screening Freedom: The African Desperate (2022)
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 20th, from 1PM - 4PM
This film series happens on Sundays, Jul 9-Aug 27, 1-4pm / Screening Room
Seating is limited; please RSVP
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.
Screening Freedom Schedule:
Sun, Aug 20: The African Desperate (Martine Syms, 2022)
Sun, Aug 27: Drylongso (Cauleen Smith, 1993)
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