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Title Fences / Paramount Pictures presents in association with Bron Creative, in association with Macro Media ; produced by Scott Rudin ; screenplay by August Wilson ; directed by Denzel Washington.

Publication Info. Los Angeles, CA : Paramount, 2017.
©2017

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 Moore Video  PN1997.2 .F46 2017    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition DVD version.
Widescreen ed.
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical
wide screen
laser optical NTSC
video file DVD video
Physical Medium polychrome
Note Based on August Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning novel.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Credits Director, Denzel Washington.
Cast Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Mckinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson.
Summary A black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh is bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues, Maxson is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Audience Rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, language and some suggestive references.
System Details DVD; NTSC, region 1; 16x9 widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital, English descriptive language.
Language English dialogue.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject Families -- Drama.
Families.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Fathers and sons -- Drama.
Fathers and sons.
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama.
United States.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Negro leagues -- Drama.
Negro leagues.
Race relations -- Drama.
Race relations.
African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
African American theater.
New York (State) -- New York.
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
Theater.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Washington, Denzel, 1954- film director, actor.
Davis, Viola, 1965- actor.
Henderson, Stephen, 1949- actor.
Adepo, Jovan, actor.
Hornsby, Russell, actor.
Williamson, Mykelti, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wilson, August.
ISBN 9786316773265
6316773269
Standard No. 032429263520
032429263537
Music No. PAR263537002 Paramount
11794410
2070772 Paramount