From acclaimed cinematographer-turned-director Sean Price Williams comes THE SWEET EAST, a picaresque journey through the U.S Eastern Seaboard undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina who 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 fairy tale travelogue into America, where she is granted access to a variety of the strange factions that proliferate the present-day unreality of contemporary life. With Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Jacob Elordi.

“… A shape-shifting satire about modern American subcultures, is a curious — occasionally delightful — object.” (New York Times)

“This gonzo coming-of-age adventure film plays like a punk take on Alice in Wonderland, it’s unhinged and undeniably a future cult favorite.” (Cinemacy)

Tuesday, March 19
Doors 9:00 pm | Movie 9:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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THE SWEET EAST (Sean Price Williams, 2023 / 104 mins / 18A) A high school senior from South Carolina gets her first glimpse of the wider world, picturesque cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard on a class trip to Washington, D.C.

*Minors OK. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
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