I share my colleaguePete Hammonds fascination withCord JeffersonsBAFTA winfor his screenplay adaptation,American Fiction.

But Id go one step more.

The 2013OscarsbroughtMoneyball,Ides of MarchandMargin Callall rooted in the contemporary social culture, with plenty of bite.

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Cord JeffersonMichael Buckner for Deadline

From around 2017, the focus seemed to shiftdeeper into past with aHidden FiguresorGreen BookorTrialof the Chicago Seven.

Or more toward reality-touched fiction, as withNomadlandorDont Look Up.

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