The Sweet East is an upcoming coming-of-age drama film directed by Sean Price Williams, from a screenplay by Nick Pinkerton. Williams, in his directorial debut, is a cinematographer and actor turned director from Wilmington, Delaware. The film is set to open in NYC on December 1st, 2023, with a special roadshow to follow in select cities with the cast and crew.
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 cast includes Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacob Elordi, and Rish Shah.
The Sweet East is set to debut in theaters nationwide in January 2024, courtesy of Utopia. Watch the official trailer below.