Cord Jefferson

Staff Writer, TheRoot.com

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Staff writer for TheRoot.com, a daily online magazine on black politics and culture published by the Washington Post

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Writer-director Cord Jefferson joins “The Treatment” to break down his multi-Oscar-nominated, feature film debut “American Fiction.”

Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’ examines a wild fumble for creative freedom

Writer-director Cord Jefferson joins “The Treatment” to break down his multi-Oscar-nominated, feature film debut “American Fiction.”

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