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American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett , it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books , only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and ...
Dec 22, 2023 · American Fiction: Directed by Cord Jefferson. With Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander. A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Cord Jefferson
- 2023-12-22
Oct 16, 2023 · Watch the official trailer for #AmericanFiction, starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown. From Writer/Director Cord Jefferson.
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- 11.3M
- Amazon MGM Studios
AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a...
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- Jeffrey Wright
Feb 26, 2024 · Serving as a viewing option for moviegoers this Thanksgiving in the US is the new comedy American Fiction. The movie brings together stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross and an all-star cast as they tell the story of a fed-up author who abandons his usual writing prompts to create what’s stereotypical and selling.
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Oct 24, 2023 · American Fiction marks the directorial debut of Cord Jefferson and may feature a career-defining performance by Jeffrey Wright. In a fit of anger, Monk writes a book called My Pafology under...
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Watch trailer. Synopsis. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world's hypocrisies.
