Events Calendar · October 2023
Centerpiece Spotlight - American Fiction
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm in San Rafael
Phone: 877-874.-6833
Celebrating 46 years of film in Marin County from October 5th through October 15th! The internationally renowned Mill Valley Film Festival offers a high-profile, prestigious, non-competitive environment perfect for celebrating the best in independent and world cinema. MVFF (the oldest fall film festival in California) remains committed to celebrating film and filmmakers and offering the highest resources and production elements possible, whatever challenges the world throws our way. We are approaching 2023 with the same commitment to quality and openness to opportunity as we plan for our showcase of new cinema at MVFF46.
After making a name for himself in journalism and TV, writer Cord Jefferson (The Good Place, Watchmen) proves a director to watch with this adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure, a satirical and thought-provoking examination of the publishing industry and how it consumes marginalized voices. Jeffrey Wright (The French Dispatch, MVFF44) delivers a compelling performance as author and professor Thelonius “Monk” Ellison, whose life is falling apart. Ousted from his college and struggling to sell books, he’s forced by a family emergency to retreat for an extended period to his hometown. There, Monk channels his frustration into writing a lampoon of the popular Black books on the market, publishing under a pseudonym and becoming, to his chagrin, an overnight success. A stellar supporting cast joins Wright, including Sterling K. Brown in a standout role unlike anything you’ve seen him in before. —Bri’anna Moore
Additional Location or Other Information
Cine Arts Sequoia Theater in Mill Valley / Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael / The Lark Theater in Larkspur / BAMPFA in Berkeley / Century Theater-Larkspur Landing / The Roxie in San Francisco
