Ellen E. Jones interviews American Fiction director Cord Jefferson about his approach to the Oscar-nominated film starring Jeffrey Wright. Jefferson shares how the story, based on the book Erasure by Percival Everett, resonated with his experience as a black storyteller, his collaboration with Everett and Wright during the project, and the importance of talking about racism even when it’s uncomfortable.
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1 фев 2024
