American Fiction

Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is a brilliant but frustrated African-American novelist whose high-brow literature fails to find an audience in an industry obsessed with stereotypical "Black" narratives. To expose the hypocrisy of the publishing world, Monk writes an outlandish, satire-laden memoir under a pseudonym, leaning into every offensive trope he despises. To his horror, the book becomes an overnight sensation, forcing him to navigate a web of professional success and personal turmoil as he balances his manufactured persona with his real-life family crises. American Fiction - official trailer Watch American Fiction on Amazon Prime Video