American Fiction Section: Special Presentation / People’s Choice Award Winner Director: Cord Jefferson Writers: Cord Jefferson Logline: American Fiction is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directo…
“There is a limited perception of what Black life looks like. People want you to stay within those confines, and I think perseverance is the key for any creative life. There’s going to be a lot of rejection along the way, and there’s gonna be a lot of people asking you to do things that you don’t want to do for money.
Perseverance has always been the key for me when it comes to combating those kinds of rigid structures.”by Percival EverettI felt like it was a gift written specifically for me. There were so many instances of overlap between the story, my life and my relationship with my siblings and my parents and, a lot of these conversations that book is having, I was having with my friends, family and colleagues.
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