DeadlinesRead the Screenplayseries spotlighting the years most talked-about scripts continues with writer-directorCord Jeffersons feature film debutAmerican Fiction.
This film challenges viewers to reflect, question and possibly reevaluate their perceptions on Blackness in America.
It has since scored adapted screenplay nominations from the Critics Choice Awards and Spirit Awards.
Jeffrey Wright in ‘American Fiction’MGM / Courtesy Everett Collection
It also has Best Picture noms from those groups as well as the Golden Globes.
He never read the book that was reviewed, but instead tracked downErasureand fell in love with it instantly.
A little after that, I knew that I wanted to write and direct it.
The vision for it started taking shape pretty quickly.
Click below to read his script.
