Thelonius is a writer and academic who is struggling to get his finely crafted work published despite the publishing world’s message “black voices should be listened to”. When he puts out, as a prank and under a pseudonym, a trashy ‘ghetto’ novel full of cliches about drug dealers and pimps his publisher is ecstatic. Financial insecurity compels Thelonius to play along and accept the huge advance he is offered. A scathing and hilarious satire about the hypocrisy of the gatekeepers of American literature.
This film is programmed by Buxton Film and features no trailers.
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz
Director: Cord Jefferson
“Smart racial satire on the American publishing industry”
Sight and Sound