Social Change Film Series w/Davis Center & BSU: American Fiction, at Images, Sat 2/10 at 4:45 PM
Sat, February 10th, 2024
4:45 pm
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Join The BSU and The Davis Center for a screening of “American Fiction” at Images Cinema on Saturday, February 10 at 4:45 PM. Student tickets are free with Williams ID!
NY Times Critic’s Pick! “Satire is just a wraparound gimmick for a marvelously acted, naturalistic drama about a prickly, privileged Black man and his family. The film is radical only in the fact that we haven’t seen many like it.” — New York Times
“A hilarious and withering satire. It’s brimming with snappy, incisive banter and gags that a masterful ensemble cast led by Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Tracee Ellis Ross take full advantage of.” — The Guardian
Thelonious “Monk” Ellison’s writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world’s hypocrisies. The book’s immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews.