UB Extended Spotlight: Director and Cast Talk 'American Fiction'

#AmericanFiction UB Spotlight: 'American Fiction' Cast Talk New Film + BTS
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“American Fiction” is in select theaters this Friday December 15th, and Everywhere December 22nd. This is a must-see film!
This is a must-see film! This is our second UB Spotlight on “American Fiction,” it’s that important and entertaining of a film.
Tony and Emmy Award-winner Jeffrey Wright stars in “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson’s feature debut from an adaptation of Percival Everett’s “Erasure” - a bold comedy about the commodification of marginalized voices and a portrait of an artist forced to reexamine his integrity.
A fearless, funny, and provocative tale, “American Fiction” shines a thoughtful and thought provoking light on the concept and construct of race, identity, and family that aims to unify.
Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David with Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown. Also starring Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ray Anthony Thomas, Okieriete Onaodowan, Miriam Shor, Michael Cyril Creighton, Patrick Fischler, Neal Lerner, J.C. Mackenzie, Jenn Harris, and Bates Wilder.
Orion Pictures and MRC present, a T-Street Production, in association with Almost Infinite, and 3 Arts Entertainment, “American Fiction,” a film by Cord Jefferson.

[@annanims7876]

Wow! This cast is so cerebral, so intelligent, so thoughtful. The way they describe their experience with the director and their role in the film was ART in and of itself!

[@justincarlson2219]

Fantastic set of thoughtful interviews - thank you