School-sponsored overnight trips are often iconic milestones for teenagers, with their moments of unrestricted mayhem and chaos. With a newfound sense of freedom, class clowns dial up the pranks, romances start to solidify and the dangers of an unfamiliar city seem enticing. Director Sean Price Williams’ “The Sweet East” kicks off with a similar trip.
Richard Brody reviews “The Sweet East,” Sean Price Williams’s accomplished and distinctive new film, which makes a neo-Nazi character its clearest spokesperson.