First Look: ‘American Fiction’ Challenges Hollywood’s “Poverty of Imagination” About Black People ...Middle East

What makes a piece of art “Black”? That’s a central question at the heart of Emmy-winner Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut, American Fiction, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival next month before opening in theaters on November 17th. Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, American Fiction stars Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a writer and college professor who has never found any critical or commercial success as a high-brow novelist. Monk finally stumbles upon success when he—in his opinion—lowers the bar, pandering to the white gaze of the Black experience with a novel written under a pseudonym as a formerly incarcerated inmate. Out pours

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