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American Fiction (2023)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Cord Jefferson
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    Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison Jeffrey Wright
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    Arthur John Ortiz
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    Coraline Erika Alexander
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    Agnes Ellison Leslie Uggams
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    Clifford Ellison Sterling K. Brown
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    Brittany Skyler Wright
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    Leo John Ales
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    Mandel Patrick Fischler

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