Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
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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 · Jeffrey Wright stars as a novelist who writes a stereotypical \"Black\" book under a pen name and becomes a best-seller. American Fiction is a satire on race, culture and hypocrisy, directed and written by Cord Jefferson.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Cord Jefferson
- 2023-12-22
Dec 12, 2023 · The film is a satire based on Percival Everett's novel Erasure. It's about a Black author whose editors want him to write clichéd stories of Black life — that rang true to director Cord...
- Tonya Mosley
Dec 15, 2023 · “American Fiction,” his take on the novel — and feature film debut as both a writer and director — is in theaters Friday. It stars Jeffrey Wright as Monk, Issa Rae as a rival novelist and ...
- Reggie Ugwu
- 3 min
Jan 23, 2024 · Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on His Two Nods for ‘American Fiction’: “I Might Have Had a Heart Attack if I Was Watching It Live” Nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay,...
Dec 24, 2023 · Cord Jefferson, TV writer of Watchmen, directs a film adaptation of Percy Everett's novel Erasure, about a Black author who writes a racist memoir to get noticed. He talks about the inspiration, the challenges and the message behind his feature debut.
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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