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00:00 Hello guys welcome back to another new video, in this year you're going to see the first

00:04 look, release date, cast and crew and more about, American Fiction, your see on screen

00:09 is the first look at, American Fiction, what makes a piece of art black.

00:14 That's a central question at the heart of Emmy winner Cor Jefferson's directorial debut,

00:18 American Fiction, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, before

00:23 opening in theaters on November 17th.

00:26 Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, American Fiction stars Jeffrey Wright as Dr.

00:31 Thelonious Ellison, a writer and college professor who has never found critical or commercial

00:35 success as a highbrow novelist.

00:38 Moenke finally stumbles upon success when he in his opinion lowers the bar, pandering

00:42 to the white gaze of the black experience with a novel written under his pseudonym as

00:46 a formerly incarcerated inmate.

00:48 Out pours my pathology, a book detailing his life and the black stuff.

00:53 American Fiction isn't only about what it takes to make excellent black art.

00:57 It's also about what it means to come from a black excellence-obsessed family.

01:01 After being put on a leave of absence from his college professor gig due to a race-related

01:05 incident, Moenke returns home to Boston.

01:08 He reconnects with his doctor siblings, played by Tracey Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown,

01:13 he cares for his ailing mother, played by legendary Tony winner Leslie Uggams, and he

01:18 falls for his public defender neighbor, played by Living Singles' Erica Alexander.

01:23 As the only non-medical doctor among his siblings know, his English PhD doesn't count Moenke's

01:28 struggles to find common ground with them.

01:31 Trailer We can expect a release in upcoming months,

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