获得艺术硕士学位后的最初24小时。帕丽斯（戴蒙德·斯汀吉利饰）是一位身材高挑、肤色黝黑的水瓶座艺术家，也是一位冉冉升起的雕塑家。她参加了威尼斯双年展等一系列展览，这让人们感到不满；他们认为她的成功并非源于艺术，而是其他特质。她疲惫不堪，沮丧不已，只想回家见家人。她计划默默抗议不参加毕业派对，尽管她已经答应担任DJ。艺术家玛蒂娜·西姆斯在她的首部剧情长片中，将她著名的概念勇气、幽默和社会评论运用到电影形式中，纽约州北部的自然美景与艺术派对弥漫的荧光荧光药味交织在一起。影片配乐强劲，摄影手法借鉴了街头摄影、令人眼花缭乱的奇闻轶事和20世纪90年代的高中浪漫喜剧，《非洲绝望》最终记录了人们从精神奴役中解脱出来、获得解放的渴望。The first 24 hours as an MFA. 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, humour, 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.
