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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Director/writer Cord Jefferson talks about "American Fiction"
Description: Screenwriter and Director Cord Jefferson discusses his critically acclaimed film, âAmerican Fictionâ which is a satirical exploration of popular cultureâs often narrow and limiting representation of Black people.
 We catch up with director/writer Cord Jefferson whose film âAmerican Fictionâ  has been nominated for five academy awards (Best Picture, Best adapted screenplay (Jefferson), best actor (Jeffrey Wright), best supporting actor (Sterling K. Brown and best score (Laura Karpman). Not bad for the first-time directorâalbeit one with a rich resume as a Emmy Award winning television writer (think: âThe Good Placeâ and âWatchmen.â*) Jefferson talks about adapting Percival Everet...