FILM: American Fiction

(USA, 2023, 116 mins, color, R, 2024 Oscar Award Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay) 

Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K. Brown and Keith David 

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 books immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely held worldviews. - Letterboxd.com 

“A funny, touching portrait of a man attempting to fine-tune his relationship with the world.” Clarisse Loughrey, The Atlantic, 2/1/24