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“American Fiction”

An Oscars ceremony with a Boston connection
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Arts & Culture
An Oscars ceremony with a Boston connection
The 96th Academy Awards Ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel had upsets and surprises, but Boston was in the mix.
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‘American Fiction’ tells a satirical tale of what it takes to get published ‘while Black’
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‘American Fiction’ tells a satirical tale of what it takes to get published ‘while Black’
“American Fiction” is a funny and sharp satirical film that follows Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a professor and novelist, played by Jeffrey Wright. Monk is frustrated with the literary world’s penchant for publishing traumatic stories of Black people.
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