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
Adam Brody
Wiley Valdespino
Keith David
Willy the Wonker
Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Issa Rae
Sintara Golden
Patrick Fischler
Mandel
Carmen Cusack
Gilda
John Ortiz
Arthur
Sterling K. Brown
Clifford Ellison
Tracee Ellis Ross
Lisa Ellison
Bates Wilder
Jon Daniel Sigmarsen
Michael Cyril Creighton
John Bosco
John Ales
Leo
Erika Alexander
Coraline
Jenn Harris
Ailene Hoover
Leslie Uggams
Agnes Ellison
Miriam Shor
Paula Baderman
David De Beck
Dr. Bulger
J.C. MacKenzie
Carl Brunt
Skyler Wright
Brittany
Okieriete Onaodowan
Van Go Jenkins
Raymond Anthony Thomas
Maynard
Celeste Oliva
Dr. Tiefel
Greta Quispe
Luz Borquez
Kate Avallone
Woman on Patio
Neal Lerner
Wilson Harnet
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Lorraine
Becki Dennis
Clinic Receptionist
Michael Malvesti
Plainclothes Cop
Michael Jibrin
Jelani
Dustin Tucker
Phillip
Alexander Pobutsky
Kenny
Samantha Gordon
Gaby (uncredited)
Michele Proude
Bulger's Nurse
Megan Robinson
Kenya Dunston
Cheryl Lee Thorup
Personal Assistant (uncredited)
Emily Kokidko
Student (uncredited)
Elena Pinderhughes
Justin Andrew Phillips
Arthur's Intern
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
Chhoyang Cheshatsang
Wiley's Assistant
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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