
American Fiction(2023)
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.


“A Spectacular Film by Mr. Spike Lee”
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

Damon Wayans
Pierre Delacroix

Savion Glover
Manray / Mantan

Jada Pinkett Smith
Sloan Hopkins

Tommy Davidson
Womack / Sleep'n Eat

Michael Rapaport
Thomas Dunwitty

Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Honeycutt

Paul Mooney
Junebug

Gillian White
Verna
Susan Batson
Orchid Dothan

Yasiin Bey
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
Bamboozled is a comedy, drama film released in 2000 exploring themes of race politics, tv ratings, racism, blunt, political satire, backfire. Directed by Spike Lee, it stars Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith. Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
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