Come to Alphabet City for a screening of Sweet Country

City of Asylum @ Alphabet City, located at 40 West North Avenue, is the permanent home for City of Asylum programming and the arts. It is a hub for Pittsburgh’s readers and writers, jazz and small-scale music and performance, and artistic experimentation. It is a home for diverse voices from around the globe – a place where Pittsburgh meets the world and the world meets Pittsburgh. To view a complete list of all scheduled events, visit the Alphabet City website.

Sweet Country
Monday, October 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Come to Alphabet City for a screening of Sweet Country, presented by Sembène – The Film & Art Festival. Sweet Country is set in 1929 in the Northern Territory in Central Australia and is based on true events. Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works to help Harry, a cruel and ill-tempered war veteran, renovate his cattle yards. But Sam and Harry’s relationship quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense. As the true details of the killing start to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.