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Jeffrey Wright
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Tracee Ellis Ross
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John Ortiz
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Erika Alexander
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Leslie Uggams
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Adam Brody
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Keith David
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Issa Rae
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Sterling K. Brown
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Skyler Wright
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Patrick Fischler
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Stephen Burrell
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Jeffrey Wright |
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Tracee Ellis Ross |
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John Ortiz |
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Erika Alexander |
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Leslie Uggams |
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Adam Brody |
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Keith David |
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Issa Rae |
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Sterling K. Brown |
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Skyler Wright |
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Patrick Fischler |
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Stephen Burrell |
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Jeffrey Wright |
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Tracee Ellis Ross |
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John Ortiz |
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Erika Alexander |
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Leslie Uggams |
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Adam Brody |
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Keith David |
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Issa Rae |
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Sterling K. Brown |
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Skyler Wright |
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Patrick Fischler |
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Stephen Burrell |
Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Wright) is a respected author and professor of English literature. But his impatience with his students’ cultural sensitivities is threatening his academic standing, while his latest novel is failing to attract publishers; they claim Monk’s writing “isn’t Black enough.” He travels to his hometown of Boston to participate in a literary festival where all eyes are on the first-time author of a bestseller titled We’s Lives In Da Ghetto, a book Monk dismisses as pandering to readers seeking stereotypical stories of Black misery. Meanwhile, Monk’s family experiences tragedy, and his ailing mother requires a level of care neither he nor his trainwreck of a brother (Sterling K. Brown) can afford.
One night, in a fit of spite, Monk concocts a pseudonymous novel embodying every Black cliché he can imagine. His agent submits it to a major publisher who immediately offers the biggest advance Monk’s ever seen. As the novel is rushed to the printers and Hollywood comes courting, Monk must reckon with a monster of his own making.