American Fiction
Director: Cord Jefferson
Cast: Erika Alexander, Issa Rae, Jeffrey Wright, John Ortiz, Leslie Uggams, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross
Synopsis:
Cast: Erika Alexander, Issa Rae, Jeffrey Wright, John Ortiz, Leslie Uggams, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross
Synopsis:
Thelonious Monk Ellison’s writing career has stalled because his work isnt deemed Black enough. Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world’s hypocrisies. The books immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews.
