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American Fiction : Press Conference with Writer/Director Cord Jefferson, Actors Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Oritz, Erika Alexander, Adam Brody, and Sterling K. Brown

Synopsis : American Fiction is Cord Jefferson‘s hilarious 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…

AFI Fest Film Review – ‘American Fiction’ is a Smart and Savagely Entertaining Satire from Debut Director Cord Jefferson

Liberal society is in the process of reckoning with itself, realizing its shortcomings and the blindspots that have permeated culture for many years. While that’s led to a worthwhile spotlight on the previously underrepresented and a movement to showcase diversity, much of it has become little more than virtue signaling, where the aim of a…

Nanny / Official Trailer : The Sundance Winning Film / Starring Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls

Amazon has unveiled the first trailer for the Sundance winning film, “Nanny.” “Nanny“ is the haunting and award-winning debut feature from writer/director Nikyatu Jusu, starring Anna Diop (US), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Sinqua Walls (American Soul), Morgan Spector (The Gilded Age), Rose Decker (Mare of Easttown) and Leslie Uggams (Deadpool). It’s the first horror film to…

The Sundance Winning film, “Nanny” Examines the Mindset and Experience of Immigrant Worker with a Supernatural Twist

Sierra Leonean-American director Nikyatu Jusu has made “Nanny” — a remarkable feature debut which grapples with cultural alienation and familial disconnection through the life of Aisha (Anna Diop), a Senegalese immigrant who has moved to New York City with the intent of bringing her own son to the States from Senegal. The pressure is on…