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Fences. (film) 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. It follows a working-class African-American ...
May 26, 2021 · "Fences" represents the decade of the 1950s and when it premiered in 1985 it won the Pulitzer Prize. Set during the beginnings of the civil rights movement, it also concerns generational change and renewal, ending with a celebration of the life of its protagonist, even though it takes place at his funeral.
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Dec 15, 2016 · Robert Abele. December 15, 2016 @ 5:00 AM. It’s taken nearly 30 years for August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fences” to make it to movie screens since its roiling portrait of an ...
Sep 2, 2023 · It is an adaptation of August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. The play is sixth of the ten in the playwright’s ‘Pittsburgh Cycle’, a collection of plays that focuses on the lives of African-Americans in the 20th century. Though not based on actual events, the fictional story is a slice of life.
Fences Movie Ending Explained: A Powerful Reflection on Family and Redemption. Released in 2016, “Fences” is a thought-provoking drama film directed by Denzel Washington, based on the Tony Award-winning play of the same name by August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, the movie follows the life of Troy Maxson, a former baseball player turned ...
Nov 22, 2016 · Denzel Washington and Viola Davis reprise their stage roles in Washington's screen adaptation of 'Fences,' the beloved 1950s-set August Wilson play about a black family in Pittsburgh.
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Dec 20, 2016 · Dec. 19, 2016. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are emerging as frontrunners in this year's Oscar acting races with Fences , a new drama Washington also directed. The film, which tells the story ...
