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.
Written and directed by Cord Jefferson, the film stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, with Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown.
American Fiction hits select US cinemas on 15th December before expanding on 22nd December 2023.
Written and directed by Cord Jefferson, the film stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, with Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown.
American Fiction hits select US cinemas on 15th December before expanding on 22nd December 2023.
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00:00 You
00:02 Are those human remains you guys have a permit for that shut up Philip live you don't talk to me like that
00:19 You want me to be test? I'm just out of you Philip. I will eat your sweater vest for dinner always been a douche
00:25 Listen look you need some time off. Why don't you go back and spend a little more time with your family?
00:30 You know that all successful writers are tormented by their families you look fat, okay?
00:35 How the fuck I don't feel like much of the right and lately your books change people's lives and something I've written never changed your
00:43 Life absolutely my dining room table was wobbly as hell. I got for your laughs the book came out. It was like perfect
00:52 How's your brother doing I still live in Tucson what's wrong with Tucson
00:56 There's one gay bar, and it's full of college kids one of them asked me if I was Tyler Perry
01:00 I mean Tyler Perry lives in Atlanta, right
01:02 Any news editors they want a black book they have one I'm black and it's my book look at what they expect us to write
01:11 Would you read an excerpt?
01:12 Yo, Sharonda. Where you be going in a hurry like that if and you gots to know I was going to the pharmacy
01:20 Oh
01:22 Something's got to give if they want stereotypes. I'll give them one
01:26 What is this deadbeat dance rappers crack and splat right nobody's gonna publish this just want to rub their noses
01:35 And it we love it. What it is very
01:38 Black yes, that's it. I'm happy you said it or not me
01:45 As a joke people want to love you monk you should let them love all of it
01:48 We sold the movie rights yes, we think it is gonna be a bestseller
01:59 I'm sure white people on the Hamptons will delight in it. Yeah, we will they but they
02:04 It's gonna be huge
02:07 Can you stick around and help with mother I gotta get home. It's 8 in the morning. I'm not flying the plane
02:14 bro
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