TheOrator.Press Recently Interviewed A Black Novelist Subjected To The Very Same Experience And We Have Also Written About Others Who Have Been Tackling The Issue Too.
It’s Long Been Time To Change The Narrative, Stop Diabolically Innacurate & Outdated Racial Profiling And Stop Self-Serving Sterotyping By Others Who Don’t Seem To Realise That The Black Community Is Not Monolithic But Varied & Dynamic With An Advanced Professional Middle Class. And Has Been For Decades Now.
Afro-Caribbean & African-American Stories, Images & Realities Should Be Told & Controlled By Themselves, In Their Own Words And In Their Own Way. Not By People Who Constantly Misrepresent, Underestimate & Undervalue Them For Their Own Self-Serving, Or Explotative Or Abusive Ends. And Also Some of Us Need To More Powerfully Value Ourselves, Which This Film Makes Clear With Alot of Satrical Humour.
One of The Stars, Black Actress Erika Alexander Discussed The Issues Raised In A Lively Conversation With Laura Coates, One of CNN’s Best News Anchors As Well As Being A Black American Lawyer.
January 2024Because It’s True
Actress Erika Alexander Answering The Question Why The Movie ‘American Fiction Resonated With Her
On Friday Night January 12 2024 Actress Erika Rose Alexander @erikaalexanderthegreat Appeared On CNN’s Laura Coates Live Show @thelauracoates (4am London Time) To Talk About Her New Comedy Drama Film ‘American Fiction’ @americanfictionmovie
It Premiered At The Toronto International Film Festival (@TIFF_Net) In September 2023 Where It Won The People’s Choice Award And Three SAG Award Nominations (Screen Actors Guild). It Went On General Release In America In December 2023 And Premiere’s In The UK Early February 2024.
Adapted As A Screenplay From The Original Novel ‘Erasure’ By Percival Everett, It Is Written And Directed By Cord Jefferson Who Made A Mighty Powerful Directorial Debut By Winning The Critics Choice Award For Best Adapted Screenplay On Sunday January 14 2024 @AmericanFictionMovie.
The Multi-Awarding Winning Comedy Drama Tells The Story of Thelonius ”Monk’ Ellison, A Black Professor And Novelist Who Is Named After The Jazz Legend Thelonius Monk And Who Writes Great Books But Struggles To Get Them Published or Duly Recognised As He Does Not Adhere To The Pigeonholed Black Stereotype Which White Publishers Want To Limit Him To. So In Frustration And Protest He Knowingly Writes A Book Based On Ridiculous Stereotypes Which He Expects To Flop As They Are So Ridiculous, Only To Find It Sells Like Hotcakes. And This Happens Within The Context of A Series of Family Dramas.
Jeffrey Wright of James Bond No Time To Die Fame @jfreewright Leads A Stellar Cast Including @Sterling K Brown (Who Is Nominated For A Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe) @Adam Brody (Seth From The OC), JohnOrtiz @JohnOrtiz718 (Who Plays Monk’s Literary Agent), And Leslie Uggams (Who Played Kizzy In The Original Groundbreaking And Heartbreaking Series Roots) @LeslieUggams.
@TraceeEllisRoss (Daughter of Motown Legend Diana Ross) Plays Monk’s Sister, @Issa Rae Plays A Fellow Black Writer And Erika Alexander @erikaalexanderthegreat Plays His Girlfriend.
The Film Has Won No Less Than Half A Dozen Black Film Critics Circle Awards For Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Ensemble, Best Actor (Jeffrey Wright), And Best Supporting Actor (Sterling K Brown) @AmericanFictionMovie. It Has Also Received Five Nominations From The @FilmIndependentSpiritAwards (Which Take Place On February 25th 2024) For Best Screenplay, Best Feature, Best Lead Actor, And Best Supporting Actor For Sterling And For Tracee @AmericanFictionMovie. Wright Was Also Nominated For A Best Lead Actor Golden Globe And The Film Nominated For A Best Picture Golden Globe Too, About Which, Both Jeffrey And Jefferson Were Thrilled. The Golden Globe Awards Took Place On Sunday 7 2024 And Best Actor Went To Paul Giamatti For The Holdovers And Best Film Went To Poor Things (Starring Mark Ruffalo, Willem Defoe And Ramy Youusef, As Pictured In This Golden Globe Post Poor Things).
American Fiction Also Appears At Number One On The American Film Institute’s List of The Top 10 Films of 2023 @AmericanFilmInstitute (Notwithstanding We Here In The UK Have To Await It’s Release Next Month)
We See The Pidgeon-Hole, We Hear The Stereotypes, We Think The Idea That Somehow Everyone Else Can Have Lives That Are Expansive, That Are Holistic, That Demonstrate All Facets of The Human Experience, But Our Window, Our Little Zone Is This Little, Tinnie, Tiny, Pigeon-Hole
Laura Coates In Conversation With Actress Erika Alexander, Star of Multi-Award Winning Film ‘American Fiction’ January 2024
I Don’t Know Why We Want To See Black People In This Stereotype.
And I Think We Need To Talk About That.
Actress Erika Alexander In Conversation With Laura Coates, American Lawyer & CNN News Anchor, January 2024
It Takes A Village
Actress Erika Alexander On Changing The Narrative Regarding Racist Stereotypes, January 2024
@ErikaAlexanderTheGreat Played Maxine ‘The Max’ Shaw In The 90s Sitcom Living Single Which Also Starred @QueenLatifah And @KimColes (Dr Mary In Fraser). The Five Season Comedy Series Which Ran From 1993-1998 Was Created By Yvette Lee Bowser .
She Was The First African American Woman To Develop Her Own Series As A Writer Producer. Bearing In Mind She Did So Thirty Years Ago And The Show Featured Four Single African-American Women Portraying A Young Stockbroker, Lawyer, Magazine Editor And Doctor, It Seems Shocking That 30 Years Later African-Americans And Black People Worldwide Are Still Fighting Negative Stereotypes And Racial Discrimination Based Upon Those Stereotypes.
Of All The Awards The Oscars Are The Ultimate Gong And On January 23 2024 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Announced Who Will Be In The Running This Year At The 96th Oscars Ceremony. They Will Take Place At The Dolby Theatre, At Ovation Hollywood, Televised By ABC Around The World In Over 200 Countries.
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The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
There Are 23 Categories In Total And Eligible Academy Members, Such As Actors, Film Editors, Directors, Producers And Screenwiters Vote In 23 Categories During A Particular Week After The Announcement of The Nominees (This Year – Thursday February 22nd To Tuesday February 27th 2024). The Ceremony Takes Place Shortly Afterwards.
the Academy preserves Cinematic History By Having Amongst Other Things The Largest film museum and Film collection. And it Endeavours To Connect With Global Audiences Through Academy Members, Initiatives And Programmes Based On A Shared Passion for making and watching films. In This Sense, Groundbreaking Movies Are Important. This Is A Big Historical Year With ‘American Fiction’ Up For Five Oscars For A Black Led Cast And Artists In Front of And Behind The Camera.
Jeffrey Wright @jfreewright Is Nominated For ‘Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role’.
Sterling K Brown Is Nominated For ‘Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role’.
American Fiction Is Nominated For Best Picture.
American Fiction’s Original Score Is Nominated For ‘Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures.’
American Fiction Written For Screen By Cord Jefferson Is Nominated For ‘Adapted Screenplay”
It Will Be Interesting To See How That Plays Out On The Night ‘Sunday March 10 2024’ And How Many of The 5 Nominations Turn Into Oscars. Either Way The Nominations Are Pretty Fabulous!
Meantime, Here In London, On Monday January 29th 2024, 6pm, Curzon Cinemas Bloomsbury, Who Will Be Hosting The Premier Next Month, Will Be Hosting A Screening Followed By Question And Answer Session With Broadcaster Ellen E. Jones In Conversation With Film Critic Lei_Lala_ Latif. Jones Will Be Discussing Her New Book ‘Screen Deep: How Film and TV can solve racism and save the world’ – Described As ’a stunning exploration of the world-changin’ power of screen-storytelling – in relation to the film’.
And On 2 Feb 6pm at Curzon Mayfair, American Fiction director Cord Jefferson, Along With Actors Jeffrey Wright & Sterling K. Brown With Take Part In A Q & A Session.
www.curzon.com/films/american-fiction/HO00005000
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