American Fiction, Orion Amazon MGM Studios, 2023, written and directed by Cord Jefferson, based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett
Movies written and directed by blacks are now thoroughly mainstream, and it would be hard to think of one that does not insult whites, either openly or slyly. American Fiction, no exception, is based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett. This mediocre satire probably would have come and gone quietly had it not been released after the 2016 #OscarsSoWhite controversy, and during the first year the Academy’s “Representation and Inclusion Standards” were in effect. It got an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and writer/director Cord Jefferson took home the statuette for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Cord Jefferson poses backstage with the Oscar...
