Going Dark with Earnest Sweetgrass: Or A Comprehensive Guide on How to Die

Going Dark with Earnest Sweetgrass: Or A Comprehensive Guide on How to Die

Can you be nobody?

2025 · 15 min · Drama, Fantasy

Earnest Sweetgrass spends his 21,000th birthday thinking big thoughts about what it means to be nobody.

Directed by David De La Barcena · Written by Hayden Daniel Cox

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