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American Fiction
Opens on January 19
Director: Cord Jefferson Run Time: 117 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Erika Alexander, Issa Rae, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross
Thelonious “Monk” Ellison’s writing career has stalled because his work isn’t 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 book’s immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews.