A racial satire comedy has won audience awards and received nominations from prestigious film festivals and awards shows. The film explores the potential pitfalls of racial satire and the importance of genuine jokes. Writer-director Cord Jefferson's debut film has been well-received by audiences and critics alike.
It is, perhaps, not the first thought that comes to mind when discussing a crowd-pleasing comedy. After all, in the wrong hands, racial satire can go sideways... real quick. Jokes can land with a thunderous, cringe-inducing thud — if there are any real jokes in the first place and not just pointed, if tired and obvious, observations.
— has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and was the runner-up for the SCAD Savannah Film Festival’s Audience Award, and has received Best Picture nominations from the Golden Globes, Film Independent Spirit Awards, and Critics Choice Awards, along with major accolades from a handful of other festivals across the country. Not bad for writer-director Cord Jefferson’s first outing as a filmmaker. “The thing that’s nice about the audience awards and stuff is that it’s not like a jury or an awards council. It’s just people who like to go to the movies. It’s just people who are fans of cinema,” Jefferson says a few days after accepting SCAD’s Breakthrough Director Awar
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