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Fences | Denzel Washington

Raven C. Waters

Dir. Denzel Washington | 2016 Film

 

Phenomenal

Evident despair and helplessness in Troy : I can only imagine how my father feels

Cory, unable to express emotions when he comes


The Black women's strength stuck around & took the mistress' baby in

No screen time to those outside of the nuclear family

Working conditions of Black Americans

Little to no communication

Uncle's issues from the war - a white man's game


Loved

\ Davis' monologue outside after the affair

\ Uncle and the trumpet

\ Cory & the song at the funeral

\ Bastard scene by the fireplace




"Washington himself plays the lead, Troy Maxson, a middle-aged African American in 1950s Pittsburgh working as garbage collector. The action is mainly restricted to his back yard and kitchen, where the painful, primal scenes of domestic tragedy are to take place."

• July 16, 2019 | Canggu, Bali, Indonesia •
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