As Oscar fever rages on, more and more nominees at the 96th Academy Awards are making their way to India, both in the theatres as well as on streaming. This morning, one such highly anticipated Oscar-nominated movie began streaming on Prime Video India. The film is the comedy drama ‘American Fiction’, written and directed by Cord Jefferson, in his feature directorial debut.
Yes, American Fiction is now streaming on Prime Video India. The film is available to watch in the original English, along with its Hindi-dubbed version too. The film is a satirical drama, with huge doses of black comedy adding to its allure.
The much-lauded ‘American Fiction’ won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023. It has already won the BAFTA 2024 for Best Adapted Screenplay. It has garnered a total of five nominations at the upcoming Academy Awards, including one for Best Film.
American Fiction is adapted from author Percival Everett’s 2001 novel, Erasure. The film follows a novelist-professor who is tired of the overuse of offensive tropes in black literature. In retaliation, he writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical “Black” books, only for it to be mistaken by the liberal elite for serious literature and published to both high sales and critical praise.
The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, and Keith David, in pivotal roles. American Fiction is the directorial debut of Cord Jefferson, who’s also written the film.
American Fiction is now streaming on Prime Video India. Go watch it, folks!