Film: American Fiction   

(USA – 2023 – 117 mins – Cert-15)

Director:      Cord Jefferson

Cast:            Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz.

Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who is 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 his own outlandish “Black” book–that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain

2024 Oscar winner for best screen play. 

4 other Oscar nominations including best picture.