Lillian is on a school trip, but she doesn’t seem to fit in with her peers, and she’s often on her own.
Separated from her schoolmates, Lillian meets Caleb, who helps her escape and puts her on the start of her adventure. A shattered mirror opens up a secret doorway to the basement and Caleb leads Lillian down the dark, eerie “rabbit hole”. 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 Sweet East is a flare shot across the sky of America. America made this film. We hoped to make something relevant about our home. In fact, it's an old country, but its back is strong, its muscles are robust, the joints limber; and isn't it exciting to see where we are next driven? /.../ Is it a coming-of-age road movie, or is it a story about staying true to yourself when you don’t know 100% who you are. The important thing is that we are unsure about everything. Because being sure is boring. Being sure is what traps us." (Sean Price Williams)