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Summary:

Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Contributors:

Jefferson, Cord , film director, screenwriter, film producer

LeClair, Ben , film producer

Karamigios, Nikos , film producer

Johnson, Jermaine , film producer

Wright, Jeffrey (Jeffrey Charles), 1965- , actor

Ross, Tracee Ellis, 1972- , actor

Ortiz, John , actor

Alexander, Erika , actor

Uggams, Leslie , actor

Brody, Adam, 1979- , actor

David, Keith , actor

Rae, Issa , actor

Brown, Sterling K. , actor

Dunlap, Cristina , director of photography

Rasula, Hilda, 1979- , editor of moving image work

Karpman, Laura , composer

Everett, Percival

Orion Pictures , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Media Rights Capital (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

T-Street Productions (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Almost Infinite (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

3 Arts Entertainment (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Warner Bros. Entertainment , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

Dialogue in English, French, or Spanish; subtitles in French or Spanish.

Main Work:

American fiction (Motion picture)

Included Works:

American fiction (Motion picture)

American fiction (Motion picture) (French)

American fiction (Motion picture) (Spanish)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Erasure [by Everett, P.]

Subjects:

African American novelists — Drama

African American college teachers — Drama

Anonyms and pseudonyms — Drama

Boston (Mass.) — Drama

African American novelists

African American college teachers

Anonyms and pseudonyms

United States

Massachusetts — Boston

Genres:

Motion pictures

Dark comedy films

Satirical films

Comedy films

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround.

Performers:

Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ray Anthony Thomas, Okieriete Onaodowan, Miriam Shor, Michael Cyril Creighton, Patrick Fischler, Neal Lerner.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Cristina Dunlap ; edited by Hilda Rasula ; music by Laura Karpman.

General Notes:

Description based on: Title from container.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities (DVS)
Widescreen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2023.
Based upon the novel "Erasure" by Percival Everett.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, some drug use, sexual references and brief violence.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; Dolby Digital 5.1; sound

Film Characteristics:

wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray

Call Numbers:

AME 2023 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 883929824151
Universal Product Code: 883929824014
Publisher Number, Warner Bros.: 3000098391 (container)
Publisher Number, Warner Bros.: 1000837765
Publisher Number, Warner Bros.: 2000186491 (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1431204994