Movie
American Fiction
2023R1h 57m7.3 / 10
Once you go full black, you ain't never going back!
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
More about American Fiction
Cast
Jeffrey WrightThelonious 'Monk' Ellison
John OrtizArthur
Erika AlexanderCoraline
Leslie UggamsAgnes Ellison
Sterling K. BrownClifford Ellison
Skyler WrightBrittany
John AlesLeo
Patrick FischlerMandelCredits
- Directed by
- Cord Jefferson
- Written by
- Cord Jefferson, Percival Everett
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $22.5M
Production
MRCUnited States
T-StreetUnited States
3 Arts EntertainmentUnited States- Almost InfiniteUnited States
Themes
admiringalzheimer's diseaseassertiveaudaciousblack storiesboldboston, massachusettscomplex
