American Fiction 2023

Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, an author and professor of English literature, is at the core of the story. His mounting annoyance with his students’ cultural sensitivity has put his job at his university in peril. Monk is having difficulty with his writing at the same time because publishers don’t see things the way he does, mostly because they believe that his writing isn’t Black enough. After visiting Boston for a literary festival, he discovers Sintara Golden’s most recent book, We’s Lives in Da Ghetto, which is highly acclaimed by readers and publishers. Monk, however, asserts that the book is a deceptive patchwork that adheres to the clichéd stories of Black suffering. Monk, trying to reconcile his failing career with his alienated family, has to make a decision that he might not be able to go back on. Enjoy the best Hollywood films here on My Flixer.