ICA is closed from the 30 May – 3 June inclusive.
The Sweet East, dir. Sean Price Williams, USA 2023, 104 min.
The debut feature from acclaimed cinematographer Sean Price Williams is a picaresque journey through contemporary America.
Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina, gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C. Separated from her schoolmates, she embarks on a fractured road trip in search of America. Along the way, she falls in with a variety of strange factions, each living out their own alternative realities in our present day.
Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Sean Price Williams, writer Nick Pinkerton, and actors Earl Cave and Rish Shah, hosted by ICA Cinema Curator Nicolas Raffin.
Additional screenings from 29 March
Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina, gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C. Separated from her schoolmates, she embarks on a fractured road trip in search of America. Along the way, she falls in with a variety of strange factions, each living out their own alternative realities in our present day.
Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Sean Price Williams, writer Nick Pinkerton, and actors Earl Cave and Rish Shah, hosted by ICA Cinema Curator Nicolas Raffin.
Additional screenings from 29 March
06:00 pm
Sun, 10 Mar 2024
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