The film had its US Premiere at Lincoln Center in New York on March 13th and screened to a sold out crowd as part of the series Arts of the Real. Following the premiere, The Revolutionary Optimists began a theatrical run at Cinema Village.

Already, we are receiving amazing press and feedback from audiences including these great reviews in The Village Voice, Time Out, Indiewire, and Slant Magazine. "Change may be elusive, Optimists confirms, but the will to make it blazes." --The Village Voice