Dir. Sean Price Williams
2023, USA, 104 min
The Sweet East is a picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the United States. 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.
“The Sweet East, a shape-shifting satire about modern American subcultures, is a curious — occasionally delightful — object.” – Beatrice Loayza, New York Times
“It’s the kind of movie designed to push buttons with a little bit of a ‘u mad’ attitude towards political correctness. It can also be very funny in its outrageousness, even if it ends on a moment that ups the provocation.” – Esther Zuckerman, The Daily Beast
