Cord Jefferson, the writer and director of American Fiction, a hilarious satire of the publishing industry’s obsession with stereotypical “Black” stories, talks about watching Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown play siblings in the film. He shares how he cast the two Emmy-winning actors, who have never worked together before, as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison and Clifford Ellison, two estranged brothers who reconnect after their father’s death. He also discusses the chemistry and dynamics between Wright and Brown, and how they brought depth and nuance to their characters. Watch the video to learn more about Cord Jefferson and his Oscar-nominated film, American Fiction, which is based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett
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