Jeffrey Wright: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

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The American Cinematheque is thrilled to welcome renowned actor Jeffrey Wright to the Aero Theatre for his critically-acclaimed new film AMERICAN FICTION where he plays Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain. Celebrating his full body of work, this retrospective looks back at his best known roles including BASQUIAT.