The Sweet East

Opened Friday, December 1, 2023

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Sneak peek and post-screening Q&A with director Sean Price Williams, writer Nick Pinkerton, & actress Talia Ryder on Thursday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. 

Opening night post-screening Q&A with director Sean Price Williams, writer Nick Pinkerton, Talia Ryder, Simon Rex, Jeremy O. Harris, and Earl Cave on Friday, December 1 at 7:15 p.m.

Extended introduction by Sean Price Williams and Nick Pinkerton before the showing on Friday, December 1 at 9:55 p.m.

The Saturday, December 2 7:15 p.m. Q&A with director Sean Price Williams, writer Nick Pinkerton, actors Talia Ryder, Simon Rex, Jeremy O. Harris, and Earl Cave will be moderated by Chloe Sevigny!

Extended introduction by Sean Price Williams and Nick Pinkerton before the showing on Saturday, December 2 at 9:55 p.m.

Additional Sunday, December 3 Q&A at 4:35 with Sean Price Williams, writer Nick Pinkerton, actors Talia Ryder, Simon Rex, and Jeremy O. Harris.

Extended introduction by Sean Price Williams and Nick Pinkerton before the showing on Sunday, December 3 at 7:15 p.m.

The mental, social and political disarray of the United States, filmed like a game of hopscotch or a variation on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. High school student Lillian runs away while on a school trip and traverses the spectrum of contemporary radicalism and madness, from white supremacists to Islamic radicals, from neo-punks to woke avant-gardists. At every leg of her journey, she comes into contact with hermetic worlds, whose citizens rant and rave to each other, blissfully ignorant of their neighbors. A story at the crossroads of a traditional fairytale, a picaresque narrative, and 1970s New Hollywood.

  • Country USA
  • Running Time 104 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Utopia
  • Director Sean Price Williams
  • Cast Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacob Elordi, Rish Shah
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning

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