Fences (2016) (original) (raw)

An African American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life.

An African American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life. (less)

Director: Denzel Washington
Writers: August Wilson, Tony Kushner
Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo
Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black, Scott Rudin, Tony Kushner, Molly Allen, Eli Bush

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 22, 2016

8 / 10

�Fences� isn�t your average film adaptation of a stage play. This is monumental work from playwright August Wilson, who collected a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for the 1987 effort, which spawned several powerhouse performances over the last three decades, including turns from Denzel Washington and Viola Davis on Broadway in 2010. The pair returns to the source of one of their greatest career achievements, teaming up to bring Wilson�s troubling work to the screen. Washington directs, taking special care of the material and its thematic potency, trying to master a cinematic stance for a story ...read more...

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