Comedy Drama
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.
Directed by
Cord Jefferson
Written by
Cord Jefferson
Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Issa Rae
Sintara Golden
Keith David
Willy the Wonker
Patrick Fischler
Mandel
Sterling K. Brown
Clifford Ellison
Adam Brody
Wiley Valdespino
Erika Alexander
Coraline
Carmen Cusack
Gilda
Jenn Harris
Ailene Hoover
David De Beck
Dr. Bulger
Tracee Ellis Ross
Lisa Ellison
Michael Cyril Creighton
John Bosco
Miriam Shor
Paula Baderman
John Ortiz
Arthur
Leslie Uggams
Agnes Ellison
J.C. MacKenzie
Carl Brunt
John Ales
Leo
Skyler Wright
Brittany
Kate Avallone
Woman on Patio
Okieriete Onaodowan
Van Go Jenkins
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Lorraine
Celeste Oliva
Dr. Tiefel
Bates Wilder
Jon Daniel Sigmarsen
Raymond Anthony Thomas
Maynard
Becki Dennis
Clinic Receptionist
Neal Lerner
Wilson Harnet
Greta Quispe
Luz Borquez
Cheryl Lee Thorup
Personal Assistant (uncredited)
Justin Andrew Phillips
Arthur's Intern
Michael Malvesti
Plainclothes Cop
Michael Jibrin
Jelani
Megan Robinson
Kenya Dunston
Alexander Pobutsky
Kenny
Michele Proude
Bulger's Nurse
Dustin Tucker
Phillip
Chhoyang Cheshatsang
Wiley's Assistant
Samantha Gordon
Gaby (uncredited)
Elena Pinderhughes
Emily Kokidko
Student (uncredited)
Joseph Marrella
Matthew Wilson
Stephen Burrell
Jordan Phillips
Nicole Kempskie
Sintara's Moderator
Ryan Richard Doyle
Ned
Elle Sciore
Layne
Jason Armani Martinez
Nursing Home Orderly
Christopher Barrow
Burt
Tokunbo Joshua Olumide
Alvin
Russell J. Gannon
Man At Book Fair (uncredited)
Heidi Garza
Coffee Customer (uncredited)
Josh Habib
Lunch Patron (uncredited)
Ian Dylan Hunt
Book-signing Guest / Awards Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Nahna James
Book Convention Attendee (uncredited)
Erin McAnespie
College Student (uncredited)
Adrian M. Mompoint
Jeff (uncredited)
Anne Reardon
Waitress (uncredited)

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