Film

Fences

Film

2016

2016

Plot

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a former Negro League baseball player struggles to provide for his family as a garbage collector while grappling with his past mistakes, systemic racial barriers, and his strained relationships with his loved ones. The film garnered thunderous critical acclaim, culminating in four Academy Award nominations in 2017, and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and Golden Globe for Viola Davis.

Director

Denzel Washington

writer

August Wilson

Genre

Drama

Release Date

December 25, 2016

Starring

Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson. Jovan Adepo. Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney