Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 2023 · 1h 57m

American Fiction

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Director
Cord Jefferson
Cast
Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison John Ortiz as Arthur Erika Alexander as Coraline Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison Sterling K. Brown as Clifford Ellison Skyler Wright as Brittany
Crew
Cristina Dunlap — Director of Photography Hilda Rasula — Editor Laura Karpman — Original Music Composer Cord Jefferson — Writer Percival Everett — Novel Ben LeClair — Producer
Tagline

Once you go full black, you ain't never going back!

Synopsis

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

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Mood & Themes
sibling relationshipboston, massachusettswritingrace politicsdark comedysatirealzheimer's diseasedysfunctional familypseudonymfamily dramalgbtracial stereotype
Key Collaborators
Cord Jefferson Director Cristina Dunlap Director of Photography Hilda Rasula Editor Laura Karpman Original Music Composer Cord Jefferson Writer Percival Everett Novel Ben LeClair Producer Jermaine Johnson Producer Nikos Karamigios Producer Cord Jefferson Producer Jonathan Guggenheim Production Design Rudy Mance Costume Design
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