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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.
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...
1.16M subscribers. 11M views 6 months ago #AmericanFiction. ...more. Watch the official trailer for #AmericanFiction, starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, and Sterling K....
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.
Mar 10, 2024 · March 10, 2024. Screenwriter and director Cord Jefferson took home his first Academy Award for 'American Fiction.' Here are the plot details and streaming options. Life is better than fiction for Cord Jefferson. The American Fiction screenwriter and director nabbed an Oscar Sunday night for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Dec 14, 2023 · Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” is a cagey, cerebral dramedy about a joke that backfires on its author, a stone-faced literature professor named Thelonious Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) who...
