American Fiction
“Once you go full black, you ain't never going back!”
2023•R•1h 57m•7.3•Released
ComedyDrama
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
Writer
Cord Jefferson
Budget
$16M
Revenue
$22M
Languages
English
Studio
MRC
Cast
Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
John Ortiz
Arthur
Erika Alexander
Coraline
Leslie Uggams
Agnes Ellison
Sterling K. Brown
Clifford Ellison
Skyler Wright
Brittany
John Ales
Leo
Patrick Fischler
Mandel
Carmen Cusack
Gilda
Joseph Marrella
Matthew Wilson
Stephen Burrell
Jordan Phillips
Issa Rae
Sintara Golden
Nicole Kempskie
Sintara's Moderator
Becki Dennis
Clinic Receptionist
Tracee Ellis Ross
Lisa Ellison
Production
Company
MRC
Company
T-Street
Company
3 Arts Entertainment
Company
Almost Infinite
Producer
Ben LeClair
Producer
Jermaine Johnson
Producer
Nikos Karamigios
Producer
Cord Jefferson
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