Plot
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Cast
Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
John Ortiz
Arthur
Erika Alexander
Coraline
Leslie Uggams
Agnes Ellison
Sterling K. Brown
Clifford Ellison
Skyler Wright
Brittany
John Ales
Leo
Patrick Fischler
Mandel
Carmen Cusack
Gilda
Joseph Marrella
Matthew Wilson
Stephen Burrell
Jordan Phillips
Issa Rae
Sintara Golden
Crew
Cristina Dunlap
Director of Photography
Laura Karpman
Original Music Composer
Ben LeClair
Producer
Jermaine Johnson
Producer
Cord Jefferson
Director
Cord Jefferson
Writer
Nikos Karamigios
Producer
Cord Jefferson
Producer
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