American Fiction Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

American Fiction is Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Comedy Drama Adaptation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in American Fiction .

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  Jeffrey Wright

  The Batman Part II, The Batman

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  Tracee Ellis Ross

  Candy Cane Lane, Erasure

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  John Ortiz

  Bumblebee, The Fallout

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  Erika Alexander

  Wildflower, Earth Mama

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  Leslie Uggams

  Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool 2

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  Adam Brody

  Nobody Wants This (series), The Gutter

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  Issa Rae

  Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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  Sterling K. Brown

  Atlas, Waves

Crew Behind the Film

The American Fiction behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Cord Jefferson last directed Erasure. The film's writer Cord Jefferson last wrote Erasure.

Director

Cord Jefferson

Screenwriter

Cord Jefferson

Producers

Cord Jefferson
Jermaine Johnson
Nikos Karamigios
Ben LeClair

Additional Information

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Production Details

What we know about the American Fiction movie production.

Key Facts

• Based upon the novel ‘Erasure’ by Percival Everett.

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