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Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
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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.
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. Only in theaters this December....
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...
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 ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for American Fiction on the official site. In theaters December 22 2023 brought to you by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, with Emily Beecham, and Jonny Lee Miller.
