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In-Branch Movie - "American Fiction"

Matinee Rated: R

In celebration of the annual Oscar Awards, view a 2024 Oscar winning film. This week's film is "American Fiction." Registration is recommended to secure a seat.

2024 Oscar Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay by Cord Jefferson.

2024 Oscar Nominee for Best Motion Picture of the Year. 2024 Oscar Nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Jeffrey Wright. 2024 Oscar Nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Sterling K. Brown. 2024 Oscar Nominee for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score).

Movie Summary: "Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he 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." ~ Provided by the library catalog.

Originally released 2023.

Based upon the novel 'Erasure' by Percival Everett.

Directed by Cord Jefferson.

Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ray Anthony Thomas, Okieriete Onaodowan, Miriam Shor, Michael Cyril Creighton, Patrick Fischler, Neal Lerner.

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