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Author:

Paramount Pictures Corporation

Title:

Fences [videorecording] / 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.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Widescreen ed.

Publisher:

Paramount,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Families, Black--Drama.--Drama.
Families--Drama.
Fathers and sons--Drama.
Fathers and sons--Drama.--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Negro leagues--Drama.
Race relations--Drama.
African American theater--New York.--New York.
Theater--New York.--New York.
African American theater.
Families.
Families, Black.
Fathers and sons.
Man-woman relationships.
Negro leagues.
Race relations.
Theater.
Feature films.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Rudin, Scott, 1958- film producer.
Wilson, August, screenwriter.
Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor. actor.
Davis, Viola, 1965- actor.
Henderson, Stephen McKinley, actor.
Adepo, Jovan, actor.
Hornsby, Russell, actor.
Williamson, Mykelti, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Wilson, August. Fences.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, publisher.

Notes:

Based on August Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning novel. Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, language and some suggestive references. 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.

UPC:

032429263537
032429263520

Locations:

GSPC501 -- Colfax Public Library (Colfax)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

MCPB423 -- Radcliffe Public Library (Radcliffe)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)