Fences
Stars
4
Rating
PG-13
Author
August Wilson (screenplay), August Wilson (his play "Fences");
Length
139 min
Director
Denzel Washington
Synopsis
"Fences is a 2016 American period drama film starring, produced and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play of the same name. . . . Ty Burr of the Boston Globe wrote, 'You don't get groundbreaking cinema from Fences, but what you do get – two titanic performances and an immeasurable American drama – makes up for that.'" [Wikipedia]
Genre
Historical
Released
2016
Location
United States
Period
Chicago in the 1950s;
Netflix
No
This movie is linked to the following periods
PeriodMinor
Begin
End
Category
Cold War (U.S.) & Counterculture
1945
1991
United States