American Fiction, filmed in Boston, Brookline and Scituate, wins Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay

LOS ANGELES, CA — American Fiction, set and filmed in Boston, Brookline and Scituate, Massachusetts, took home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 96th Annual Oscars Sunday night.

Director Cord Jefferson adapted the screenplay from Pervical Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasue.” The satire follows a frustrated author and professor who unexpectedly gets rich writing a parody of “urban fiction.” Monk’s success comes when he publishes a crude novel under the assumed identity of ex-con Stagg R. Leigh.

After being placed on temporary leave due to simmering tension with students over racial issues, Monk returns to Boston to spend time with his family. Ellison navigates familial trouble while dealing with his conflicted feelings about “selling out” to craft a bestseller and stoking a new relationship with the woman who lives across the street from his family’s Scituate beach home.