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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
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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…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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“Candy Cane Lane”: Press Conference with Director Reginald Hudlin, Actors Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Genneya Walton, Thaddeus J. Mixson and Madison Thomas

There is nothing more important than reconnecting with the people who matter most during the holiday season. That sentiment is even more vital if the true Christmas spirit has become harder to recapture amongst relatives as they grow older. That drive to reconnect with family is seen in the new action adventure comedy, Candy Cane…

Karen Benardello
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American Fiction
Reviews

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…

Abe Friedtanzer
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