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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.
It received a limited theatrical release by Amazon MGM Studios on December 15, 2023, with an expansion on December 22, 2023. It grossed $23 million and received numerous accolades. It was named one of the top 10 films of 2023 by the American Film Institute.
Watch the official trailer for #AmericanFiction, starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown. From Writer/Director Cord Jefferson. Only in theaters this December....
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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Dec 15, 2023 · Director Cord Jefferson, in his feature debut, “American Fiction” (based on Percival Everett ’s novel, Erasure ), unpacks the qualifying characteristics and limitations of mass market white interest in Black stories. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison ( Jeffrey Wright) is an author and college professor.
Feb 3, 2024 · Jeffrey Wright excels as a struggling Black novelist who dashes off a blaxploitation potboiler and hits the jackpot in Cord Jefferson’s Oscar-nominated comedy drama. Wendy Ide. Sat 3 Feb 2024 10 ...
“American Fiction” is a 2023 dark comedy-drama film marking Cord Jefferson’s debut as a feature director. Adapted from Percival Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure,” the story revolves ...
