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Based on August Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. |
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Descriptive video. |
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English dialogue; Spanish, English or French subtitles; English audio description; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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Described video |
| Credits |
Music by Marcelo Zarvos ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; edited by Hughes Winborne ; production designer, David Gropman ; director of photography, Charlotte Bruus Christensen. |
| Cast |
Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney. |
| 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; region 1, NTSC, 16 x 9 widescreen, English 5.1 Dolby digital. |
| Awards |
2017 Academy Award winner for actress in a supporting role: Viola Davis. |
| Subject |
Families, Black -- United States -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Negro leagues -- Drama.
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Race relations -- Drama.
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African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Add'l Names |
Rudin, Scott, 1958- film producer.
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Washington, Denzel, 1954- film director, actor.
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Davis, Viola, 1965- actor.
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Henderson, Stephen, 1949- actor.
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Adepo, Jovan, actor.
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Hornsby, Russell, actor.
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Williamson, Mykelti, actor.
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Sidney, Saniyya, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Wilson, August.
Fences.
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| Other corporate author |
Paramount Pictures Corporation, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9786316773265
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6316773269
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| STANDARD # |
032429263520 |
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032429263537 |
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PAR263537002 Paramount |
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59183768000 Paramount |
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2070772 Paramount |
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