Tracee Ellis Ross breaks down her character in American Fiction and what it was like working with Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown. Ross added how important this film is and reiterated the genius of director Cord Jefferson -- and hopes that everyone walks out of the theater thinking and discussing.

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Host: Monica Gleberman

Editor: Shamindri De Sayrah

Social Media Graphic: Jojo

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Synopsis:

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.

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