Cord Jefferson Talks 'American Fiction' with Mike Schur

Emmy-winning writer Cord Jefferson (Succession, The Good Place, Watchmen) sat down for a long talk about his new film, American Fiction with his friend and collaborator Mike Schur. An adaptation of Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, the film satirizes the commodification of Black artists - in a directorial debut for Jefferson that was highly lauded following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
00:00 Intro
00:01:20 Journalism Career
00:03:28 TV Writing
00:08:40 Adapting Existing Works
00:16:34 Erasure by Percival Everett
00:23:30 Nailing the tone
00:29:09 Directing (and selling) his first movie
00:45:29 Ending the movie

[@jpkaneshida5075]

AF is the best US feature in at least the past 5 years, maybe 10.
That said, the nugget from this interview was CJ's relationship with Percival Everett. That PE granted the rights for 6 months FOR FREE... that energy needs to be promo'd in our world.

[@arblankenship54]

Was waiting to hear them talk about adaptation, it felt like he took a lot of inspiration from that film

[@Largo3point0]

Have watched a ton of American Fiction Q&As. This one is the crème de la crème. Kudos Mike Shur. I don’t need to watch any others.

[@Gaverny]

Thank you for doing the leg work for us. I'll stop searching for more then!

[@Largo3point0]

LOL! You're welcome @@Gaverny

[@jonathankr]

Amazing film. I guess indy film has to be smart, intellectual and funny to be approachable/marketable. Bravo. Perfect film.

[@silveriojohan]

My heart wished for KTM 1290 Super Adv S but real life reliability made me get the 2023 Honda ATA ES. What happened to the Norden 901?, why you just sold it?