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The latest film by interdisciplinary artist Martine Syms offers an offbeat and insightfully comic meditation on the 21st century art world, seen from the point of view of Palace, a Black woman artist.
The latest film by interdisciplinary artist and self-named “conceptual entrepreneur” Martine Syms (b. 1988) offers an offbeat and insightfully comic meditation on the 21st century art world, seen from the point of view of Palace, a Black woman artist navigating the disorienting day of, and long night after, the completion of her MFA. Animated by Syms’ mordant humor and the remarkable presence of frequent collaborator and fellow artist Diamond Stingily, The African Desperate playfully ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
$15 Special Event Tickets on 10/20
Other dates: $10 / $8 students and seniors
Harvard students free all dates.
Phone: 617-496-3211
Email: bgravely@fas.harvard.edu
Website: https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/the-african-desperate-2022-10
LOCATION
Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
PARKING INFO
Although parking in Cambridge is difficult (most of the surrounding streets have restricted parking for Cambridge residents only), metered parking on Broadway and Harvard Streets, as well as the rest of Harvard Square, is free after 8pm. Film-goers are encouraged to use public transportation, particularly the MBTA Red Line.
