Hello, and welcome to theScene 2 Seen Podcast.
I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline.
Today, for the final episode of 2023 (!
(L-R) Cord Jefferson and Jermaine JohnsonRodin Eckenroth/Paras Griffin/Getty Images
), were talking to director-writerCord Jeffersonand producerJermaine Johnsonabout their latest projectAmerican Fiction,which won theTIFF Audience Award.
American FictionfollowsThelonious Monk Ellison (Wright), a respected author and professor of English literature.
His agent submits it to a major publisher who immediately offers the biggest advance Monks ever seen.
