The Resource Fences

Fences

Label
Fences
Title
Fences
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson, bitter that baseball's colour barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues, is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Directed by Denzel Washington ; screenplay by August Wilson
Intended audience
Rating: PG
Language note
In English, French Parisian. Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French Parisian, Norwegian, Swedish. [CC] English Captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). AD English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired)
PerformerNote
Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1954-
  • 1965-
  • 1949-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Washington, Denzel
  • Wilson, August
  • Davis, Viola
  • Henderson, Stephen
  • Adepo, Jovan
  • Hornsby, Russell
  • Wilson, August
Runtime
133
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African Americans
  • African American families
  • Families
  • Fathers and sons
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Negro leagues
  • Race relations
  • Nineteen fifties
  • Conflict of generations
  • Sanitation workers
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Fences
Instantiates
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • Universal Sony: DI6178
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2016
  • Based on August Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning play
  • Special features: Expanding the audience: From stage to screen ; Building fences: Denzel Washington
  • "4 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, winner Viola Davis - best supporting actress" -- Container
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
p225965326
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 DVD-video (approximately 133 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
9317731130076
Other physical details
sound, colour
Publisher number
DI6178
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD video ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround / 2.0 stereo ; PAL, Region 4 ; letterbox 16:9, 2.39:1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Fences
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • Universal Sony: DI6178
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2016
  • Based on August Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning play
  • Special features: Expanding the audience: From stage to screen ; Building fences: Denzel Washington
  • "4 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, winner Viola Davis - best supporting actress" -- Container
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
p225965326
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 DVD-video (approximately 133 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
9317731130076
Other physical details
sound, colour
Publisher number
DI6178
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD video ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround / 2.0 stereo ; PAL, Region 4 ; letterbox 16:9, 2.39:1
Video recording format
DVD

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