American Fiction
Centerpiece Film | Narrative Feature
Saturday, December 9 • 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm
5:00 pm Centerpiece Film Celebration - Cocktails
6:15 pm - 8:30 pm Film
Theatre doors open 5:45 pm
Congratulations to American Fiction on 5 Academy Award nominations, including:
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Jackson Hole International Film Festival (JHIFF) is honored to have showcased American Fiction as our 2023 Centerpiece film selection!
Tony and Emmy Award® winner Jeffrey Wright stars in this biting comedy as Thelonius “Monk” Ellison, an under-appreciated author fed up with the state of Black literature in America. When he uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, he is propelled into the hypocritical madness he claims to disdain. Acclaimed writer Cord Jefferson (''Watchmen,'' ''Succession'') makes his feature directorial debut with this warm, whip-smart satire featuring an all-star cast, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Leslie Uggams, and Sterling K. Brown. Based on Percival Everett’s award-winning novel ''Erasure,'' AMERICAN FICTION playfully grapples with our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. An Orion Pictures release. Winner of the Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award.
Centerpiece Film | Narrative Feature
USA | 2023 | English | 117 minutes
Director: Cord Jefferson
Producers: Ben LeClair, p.g.a., Nikos Karamigios, p.g.a., Cord Jefferson, p.g.a., Jermaine Johnson, p.g.a.
Executive Producer: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Percival Everett, Michael Bowes
Screenwriter: Cord Jefferson
Based Upon the Novel “Erasure” By Percival Everett
Cast: Jeffery Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, with Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown
