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This week, we're showing "American Fiction", a 2023 film starring Jeffrey Wright. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn't deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world's hypocrisies. The book's immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews.

This program is primarily for adults, as it is Rated R for language throughout, some drug use, sexual references and brief violence. Running time is 1 hour and 55 minutes. Registration is NOT required.

 

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