Instead, he pans across photos on a wall in the Ellison family’s home, as if to say: Look at all these other human stories that remain to be told. American Fiction Rated R for sexual references ...

Rae stars as Sintara Golden and Nicole Kempskie as Sintara’s moderator in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s "American Fiction" (Courtesy of Orion Pictures Inc.) Any story around being Black in ...

Brown stars as Cliff Ellison, Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison and Erika Alexander as Coraline in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s AMERICAN FICTION An Orion Pictures Release Photo ...

Sterling K. Brown as Cliff in American Fiction.Courtesy of Orion Pictures Jefferson navigates all of this tricky business with a mix of grace and good humor. (This is his debut feature.) ...

Brown) in “American Fiction.” Orion Pictures Share Jeffrey Wright is usually third or fourth or fifth on the call sheet, providing invaluable and memorable supporting work in films such as ...

“American Fiction” represents a turning point in Wright’s career. As we drive from his Backstage photo shoot to his neighborhood, we pass a billboard with his face on it. When I point it ...

Luckily, T-Street Productions and Orion Pictures were willing to back the first-time director and from there the hilariously insightful American Fiction was born. DEADLINE: How did you first find ...

Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Uggams in 'American Fiction' (photo: Claire Folger/Orion Pictures) He stays with his elderly mother Agnes (Leslie Uggams) who's in the middle stages of Alzheimer's. He ...

Orion Pictures) American Fiction "echoes this thread of discourse around black cultural production that has been ebbing and flowing and undulating for many years," Dr Michele Prettyman ...

That’s remarkable. It’s also the case with American Fiction. One of the positives about the Oscars, even if you quibble with things about them, is that they help bring more attention to films ...

RELATED: All The Oscar Best Actress Winners – Photo Gallery Jefferson explained he just felt “so much joy” being on stage accepting the award, just as he did while making American Fiction.