American Fiction interviews - Jeffrey Wright, Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross & Sterling K. Brown

Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to #jeffreywright, director #cordjefferson, #erikaalexander, #traceeellisross and #sterlingkbrown on #americanfiction

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 Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, 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 to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

The cast includes Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, and Adam Brody.