American Fiction Trailer #1 (2023) Jeffrey Wright Drama Movie HD

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Author Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is peeved because his latest offering hasn't caught fire with publishers, while a tome called We's Lives in Da Ghetto by Sintara Golden hits the bestseller lists, leaving Monk seething.

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00:00 How did you come to write this book?

00:03 What really struck me was that too few books were about my people.

00:07 Where are our stories? Where's our representation?

00:11 Would you give us the pleasure of reading an excerpt?

00:14 Yo, Sharonda! Girl, you be pregnant again?

00:19 If I is, Ray Ray's gonna be a real father this time around.

00:23 [applause]

00:26 Thank you.

00:27 [applause]

00:30 Monk, your books are good, but they're not popular.

00:36 Editors, they want a black book.

00:38 They have a black book. I'm black, and it's my book.

00:41 You know what I mean.

00:43 Look at what they publish. Look at what they expect us to write.

00:47 I just want to rub their noses in it.

00:50 [laughter]

00:56 I be standing outside in the night.

00:58 Deadbeat Danz, Rappers, Crack.

01:00 You said you wanted black stuff. That's black, right?

01:03 I see what you're doing.

01:05 We sold your book?

01:08 No.

01:09 We believe Mr. Lee has written a bestseller.

01:11 It's a joke.

01:12 The most lucrative joke you've ever told.

01:14 Now, is Stag a pseudonym?

01:15 Yeah.

01:16 Mr. Lee can't use his real name.

01:18 Is this based on your actual life?

01:23 Yeah, you think some bitch-ass college boy can come up with that shit?

01:26 No, no. No, I don't.

01:28 Can I ask what you ran for?

01:32 Was it murder?

01:33 You said that, not me.

01:35 They ran 300,000 copies.

01:37 Your books change people's lives.

01:39 They're offering $4 million for movie rights.

01:41 Yes!

01:42 The dumber I behave, the richer I get.

01:45 This has gone too far.

01:50 Stag Arloo is still on the run for authorities.

01:53 You haven't done anything. It's not like they can arrest you.

01:55 Get it, like me!

01:57 Wish I could go back to not selling books.

01:59 Is it bad to cater to people's tastes?

02:01 People want to love you, Monk. You should let them love all of you.

02:04 There's already so much buzz because of the movie deal.

02:07 Michael B. Jordan is circling.

02:09 We want to put him on the cover in one of those, um, scarves.

02:12 I guess you would call them, tied around his head.

02:14 A do-rag?

02:16 Do-rag, that's it.

02:17 Do-rag and a tank top with the muscles showing.

02:20 Something called the fire department.

02:22 We're thinking we can get it out in time for Juneteenth.

02:30 (upbeat music)

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