Monday Night Movie: "American Fiction"

Darien Library presents a new weekly program: Monday Night at the Movies!

This week we are showing "American Fiction." The film was named as one of the top 10 films of 2023 by the American Film Institute. "American Fiction" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. 

“Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.” – MGM

Director: Cord Jefferson

Year: 2023

Starring: Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Lisa Ellison, Issa Rae as Sintara Golden, Sterling K. Brown as Dr. Clifford "Cliff" Ellison, John Ortiz as Arthur, Erika Alexander as Coraline, Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison, Adam Brody as Wiley, and Keith David as Willy the Wonker.

This movie is 1 hour and 57 minutes and is rated R (for language throughout, some drug use, sexual references and brief violence).

Watch the official trailer.