The African Desperate (2022)

Comedy
Drama

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.

Cast

Palace
Diamond Stingily
Hannah
E Erin Leland
Dusty
E Elijah Townsend
Bex
E Emir West
Hans
J Joey Cantillon
Rose
B Bridget Donahue
Anselm
E Evan Calder Williams
M
A A.L. Steiner
Sandra
S Sandra Stingily
Ariel
A Ariel Pomerantz
Dillon
D Dillon Egyes
Hunter
Hunter Zimny
Aidan
C Cammisa Buerhaus
Taryn
T Taryn Collymore
Ezra
A Aaron Bobrow
Portia
Ruby McCollister
Fern
E Erin Meuchner
Liam
Brent David Freaney
Akin
R Rob Franklin
HotJake
M Matt Creed
Kieran
G Grover Whitmore III

Crew

Director
Martine Syms
Producer
Martine Syms
Producer
R Rocket Caleshu
Producer
V Vic Brooks
Screenplay
Martine Syms
Screenplay
R Rocket Caleshu
Editor
N Nicole Otero
Production Design
L Lauren Anderson
Sound Designer
S Stephen McLaughlin
Executive Producer
S Sadie Coles
Executive Producer
B Bridget Donahue
Executive Producer
L Lana Kim
Executive Producer
J Jett Steiger
Music
B Ben Babbitt
Music
Colin Self
Music
A Aunt Sister
Costume Designer
Brent David Freaney
Director of Photography
D Daisy Zhou