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2. www.youtube.com › watchAugust Wilson in St. Paul, Minnesota | Full Documentary - YouTube

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   MN Original celebrates the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson and his impact in our community through the years he spent in St. Paul.

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   Explore the life of August Wilson, a playwright celebrated for his Pittsburgh Cycle plays, including Pulitzer Prize winners "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson." ...

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4. www.youtube.com › watchAugust Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand - YouTube

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   Explore the life and legacy of playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945–October 2, 2005), the man some call America's Shakespeare, from his roots as an activist and poet to his indelible mark...

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   The first documentary about the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning playwright August Wilson is a co-production of THIRTEEN’s American Masters series and WQED.

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   The PBS-produced documentary by Sam Pollard, The Ground on Which I Stand, successfully rounds out the story of one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. Actor James Earl Jones as Troy Maxson in the original production of Fences at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985.

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   Feb 20, 2015 · Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronicling a century of African-American life.

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   Who is August Wilson?

   • August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America".

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   What did August Wilson do before he died?

   • In the years after Wilson's death the 10-play cycle has been referred to as The August Wilson Century Cycle and as The American Century Cycle. Two years before his death in 2005, Wilson wrote and performed an unpublished one-man play entitled How I Learned What I Learned about the power of art and the power of possibility.

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   What is August Wilson best known for?

   • August Wilson is best known for his play FENCES. There were other notable events during that time, such as Gary Hart's presidential candidacy and the Broadway production of 'A Summons to Memphis', but August Wilson is most recognized for his work on 'FENCES'. No impassioned voices flared, Buy American.

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   Are there any books about August Wilson?

   • Although no book-length biographies of August Wilson have been published, Mary Ellen Snodgrass's August Wilson: A Literary Companion (2004) contains a detailed chronology of Wilson’s life, and Sandra Garrett Shannon's The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson (1995) has a section on Wilson’s development as a young writer.

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   Why did August Wilson call himself August Wilson?

   • August Wilson's decision to call himself August Wilson represented a significant rite of passage marking both his discovery and celebration of ties with Africa. His identification with his mother's roots later became the driving force behind young Wilson's fascination with the language and culture of African Americans.

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   Where did August Wilson grow up?

   • August Wilson grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Critics have hailed him as an important talent in the American theater since the mid-1980s. He spent his childhood in poverty there with his parents and five siblings. Though he grew up in a poor family, Wilson felt that his parents withheld knowledge of even greater hardships they had endured.

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9. pbswisconsin.org › watch › american-mastersAugust Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand - PBS Wisconsin

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   The first documentary about the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning playwright August Wilson.