‘The African Desperate’ Review: Martine Syms’ Directorial Debut Is Full Of Insight & Vitality [NDNF]
Late on in “The African Desperate,” director Martine Syms cuts away from the narrative to a montage of bucolic upstate New York imagery: rolling green fields and farmland, charming B&Bs, and village shops. On the soundtrack, we hear audio from a viral clip of a Black man telling off his former coworkers, a fuming, embattled screed: “I quit, you can’t tell me nothing.