Fences

Production

Fences

Fences is a 2016 American period drama film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington, featuring a screenplay by August Wilson based on his 1985 play. The production stars Washington alongside Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney. The story follows a working-class African-American father in the 1950s who attempts to raise his family while coming to terms with the events of his life.