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- It was part of Wilson’s Century Cycle, with plays depicting African American life in each decade of the 20th century. Fences is set in 1957.
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Sep 5, 2023 · While a lot of films have taken to filming scenes on sets or with the use of extensive CGI, Denzel Washington's movie, Fences was filmed using locations in Pittsburgh as the foundation for this character and dialogue-driven drama.
Set mostly in 1957, a landmark year for the Civil Rights Movement and a time when much of the Black community felt caught between a violent and oppressive past and the possibility of a brighter future, Fences follows the story of Troy Maxson, an African American father and husband who feels a desperate need to provide for his family. Troy is a ...
Fences is a 1985 play by the American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes.
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Fences is a 2016 American period drama film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by August Wilson, based on his 1985 play. It stars Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney.
Sep 10, 2024 · Fences was performed on Broadway in 1987–88. James Earl Jones earned a Tony Award for his portrayal of Troy. In 2010, the play was revived on Broadway with Denzel Washington playing Troy; Washington’s portrayal also earned him a Tony.
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Fences is Wilson’s most revered play, exploring themes of social movement, racial relations, and masculine stoicism of the 1950s. Fences would be little without its true tragic hero whose authoritative control of his household does little to win sides with the audience.
Sep 27, 2019 · Fences is part of Wilson’s Century Cycle, a series of 10 plays, each set in a different decade, that covers 100 years of the African-American experience. Wilson wrote Fences in 1983 and it premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985.
