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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.
Dec 20, 2016 · And now we have Denzel Washington’s film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning play Fences, a film that inadvertently echoes both the thinking of Trumpism, and the context that...
Yes, August Wilson 's play Fences absolutely still has relevance in the 21st century. The setting of the play, in 1957, allows Wilson to explore how racial discrimination and oppression at the...
Sep 2, 2023 · Directed by Denzel Washington, ‘Fences’ is a period drama film that centers upon the life of Troy Maxson (Washington), a sanitation worker who lives with his wife Rose and son Cory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1950. The catch?
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.
- August Wilson
- 1985
SETTING: The setting is the yard which fronts the only entrance to the Maxson household, an ancient two-story brick house set back off a small alley in a big-city neighborhood. The entrance to...
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Aug 30, 2019 · On Tap: Fences is a legendary production. Its Broadway runs featured both Denzel Washington and James Earl Jones as Troy, and Washington recently directed and starred in the Oscar-nominated film adaptation. Why do you think this material is so powerful 34 years after August Wilson penned it?
