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American Fiction

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American Fiction

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

7.3

1h 57m

2023

“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.

Director

Cord Jefferson

Trailer

ComedyDrama

sibling relationshipboston, massachusettswritingrace politicsdark comedysatirealzheimer's diseasedysfunctional familypseudonymfamily dramalgbtracial stereotype

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Cast & Crew

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

John Ortiz

John Ortiz

as Arthur

Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander

as Coraline

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

as Agnes Ellison

Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown

as Clifford Ellison

Skyler Wright

Skyler Wright

as Brittany

John Ales

John Ales

as Leo

Patrick Fischler

Patrick Fischler

as Mandel

Carmen Cusack

Carmen Cusack

as Gilda

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