Fences
| Year of Publication |
2016
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| Publication Type |
Screenplay
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
144 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Abstract |
The film adaptation of August Wilson's 1985 play in which Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington), a proud and embittered garbageman and ex-Negro Baseball League player, is constantly at odds with family and friends.
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| Notes |
Viola Davis won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
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| Author Biography |
August Wilson (1945-2005), born Frederick August Kittel Jr. in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood, won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. He died in Seattle and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in O’Hara Twp., Allegheny County.
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| Time |
1950s-60s
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| Published |
unpublished
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