Dean Crowe Theatre Athlone

Tuesday 14 January 2025 8pm

Dir: Cord Jefferson - USA 2023

Language: American English

Running time: 117 mins Cert: 15A

Starring: Jeffrey Wright, John Ortiz, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross

Monk is a respected novelist and English literature professor. However when his latest book fails to attract publishers because it is not “Black enough”, the frustrated writer pens a new novel under a pseudonym, whose story includes every Black stereotype he can think of! But the plan backfires when the book is immediately snapped up by a major publisher, and Monk finds that he has unintentionally created a literary success by trading on the very cultural stereotypes he despises.

Nominated for 5 Oscars including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut is a smart and hilarious satire, which has proved to be a firm favourite with audiences.

Festivals:
Toronto International Film Festival 2023

Awards:
Winner – People’s Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival 2023

Quotes:
"★ ★ ★ ★ Jeffrey Wright gives a knock-out performance in this edgy, Oscar-nominated comedy’" - The Irish Times

"★ ★ ★ ★ … American Fiction is a wonderfully tart comic drama and Wrights is marvellous as its grumpy anti-hero …" - The Irish Independent