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Bestseller Reparations

In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy.

Thomas Larson
Thomas Larson
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Bestseller Reparations
Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson, © Amazon MGM Studios.
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