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Hello guys welcome back to another new video, in this year you're going to see the first
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look, release date, cast and crew and more about, American Fiction, your see on screen
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is the first look at, American Fiction, what makes a piece of art black.
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That's a central question at the heart of Emmy winner Cor Jefferson's directorial debut,
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American Fiction, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, before
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opening in theaters on November 17th.
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Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, American Fiction stars Jeffrey Wright as Dr.
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Thelonious Ellison, a writer and college professor who has never found critical or commercial
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success as a highbrow novelist.
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Moenke finally stumbles upon success when he in his opinion lowers the bar, pandering
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to the white gaze of the black experience with a novel written under his pseudonym as
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a formerly incarcerated inmate.
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Out pours my pathology, a book detailing his life and the black stuff.
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American Fiction isn't only about what it takes to make excellent black art.
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It's also about what it means to come from a black excellence-obsessed family.
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After being put on a leave of absence from his college professor gig due to a race-related
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incident, Moenke returns home to Boston.
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He reconnects with his doctor siblings, played by Tracey Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown,
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he cares for his ailing mother, played by legendary Tony winner Leslie Uggams, and he
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falls for his public defender neighbor, played by Living Singles' Erica Alexander.
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As the only non-medical doctor among his siblings know, his English PhD doesn't count Moenke's
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struggles to find common ground with them.
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Trailer We can expect a release in upcoming months,
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