Nov 10, 2023
117 min
Full-HD

American Fiction (2023)

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.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

MRC T-Street 3 Arts Entertainment Almost Infinite

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

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