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“American Fiction,” based on the 2001 novel “Erasure” Percival Everett, follows a Black writer and professor, Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, played by Jeffrey Wright, as he returns to his hometown of Boston.
“A novelist who's 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,” the film’s tagline reads.
“American Fiction,” was filmed in Scituate, Boston, and Brookline, according to IMDb.
It stars Wright and Sterling K. Brown, who were both nominated for best actor in a leading role and best actor in a supporting role, respectively.
The movie was also nominated for best picture, best adapted screenplay, and best original score.
“American Fiction” was released in select theaters in the US on Dec. 15.
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