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.
Top Cast
Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
John Ortiz as Arthur
Erika Alexander as Coraline
Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison
Sterling K. Brown as Clifford Ellison
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