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Tuesday 19 November 2024 at 8.00pm (doors open 7.30pm) at Haddenham Village Hall
AMERICAN FICTION (15) 117 mins Director: Cord Jefferson Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz Synopsis: Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is a brilliant professor and author. However, his novels are not selling well. Frustrated with the system that thrives on overused and offensive stereotypes and those who think his work is not Black enough, Monk takes a break from teaching and decides to give the publishers what they want. Under a pseudonym, Monk crafts a book to turn the tables on the rapacious entertainment industry, but his preposterous parody eventually gains unexpected popularity. Now caught in a whirlwind of controversy and conflicting emotions, can Monk confront the very system he set out to criticise from the inside? Awards: one win and four nomination 2024 Oscars, one win BAFTAs Reviews: "It’s by turns laugh-out-loud funny and quietly poignant while grounded by a deeply sympathetic turn, possibly his best yet, from Jeffrey Wright." ***** THE TIMES "Diversity as a machine for laundering progressive bourgeois guilt is a sound target for a satirical kicking, and American Fiction would be a hoot if that were all it had on its mind. But the film goes one better..." **** DAILY TELEGRAPH "The story works on two levels, first as a prickly critique of the pressures facing Black creatives. But equally satisfying is its depiction of the abrasive, complicated dynamics in a high-achieving family." **** THE OBSERVER "American Fiction is a funny, heartwarming tale that holds a mirror up to its viewers " **** LONDON EVENING STANDARD |
