AMERICAN FICTION

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Drama | 117 MIN | US

A novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

FESTIVAL | AWARDS 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, Winner – People’s Choice Award; Denver Film Festival, Winner – Excellence in Acting Award; Critics Choice Awards – Winner, Visionary Award
DIRECTOR Cord Jefferson
WRITTEN BY Cord Jefferson
WITH John Ales, Adam Brody, Sterling K. Brown, Keith David, Tracee Ellis-Ross, Issa Rae, Leslie Uggams, Jeffrey Wright + Skyler Wright

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