American Fiction

American Fiction

Once you go full black, you ain't never going back!

R 2023 · 117 min · ★ 7.3 (1K) · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Cord Jefferson · Written by Cord Jefferson

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