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Den­zel Washington’s Fences get a pow­er­ful first trailer

28 Sep 2016

Words by Little White Lies

The actor steps behind the cam­era for this 1950s set race rela­tions drama.

Fresh from his star turn in Antoine Fuqua’s The Mag­nif­i­cent Sev­en, Den­zel Wash­ing­ton is jump­ing from the sad­dle straight into the director’s seat for Fences – his first behind the lens since 2007’s The Great Debaters. Adapt­ed from the 1983 play by August Wil­son, it tells the sto­ry of an African-Amer­i­can cou­ple strug­gling to keep their fam­i­ly unit togeth­er amid swirling racial ten­sions in 1950s Pittsburgh.

Wash­ing­ton and his co-star Vio­la Davis know their roles well, hav­ing each received a Tony award for their per­for­mances in the 2010 Broad­way revival. From the looks of this first offi­cial trail­er the tran­si­tion from stage to screen has been a seam­less one. And if noth­ing else, it proves that Wash­ing­ton is still the best in the busi­ness when it comes to deliv­er­ing a spine-tin­gling monologue.

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Fences is released 25 Decem­ber 2016.

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