5 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS! BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
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 frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
WINNER PEOPLE'S CHOICE AUDIENCE AWARD AT TIFF 2023!
"American Fiction is an impressive debut from Jefferson, who has seamlessly made the leap from the small to big screen with a strong comedic voice and characters crafted with empathy and care." - Indiwire
"It's such an entertaining film that it's easy to overlook the fact that the comedy only works because it depicts structural racism in such an exaggerated black-and-white manner." - BBC.com
"It’s an extremely funny movie that lands some sharp blows, and a stellar feature debut from seasoned TV writer Cord Jefferson." - Vox
Printer-friendly version
