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King's MACRO (Fences); with Kenny Goodman executive producing. Some personal news: My life partner @michaelb4jordan and I are excited to announce the leads for Raising Dion, Ja'Siah Young and Alisha Wainwright pic.twitter.com/peJiT6d8ju — Strong Black Lead (@strongblacklead) June 27, 2018 Also, Seith Mann (The Breaks) is set to direct the first episode and will serve as an executive producer: Oh[...]

King's MACRO (Fences); with Kenny Goodman serving as executive producer of the Netflix production. Raising Dion follows the story of a woman named Nicole Reese, who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark (Jordan) The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest[...]

After a white cop accidentally hits and critically injures a black teenager, a northeastern city explodes with racial tensions, an attempted cover up and its aftermath, and the trial of the century. Two-time Emmy winner Regina King (American Crime) stars as Latrice Butler, alongside breakout British actress Clare-Hope Ashitey (Doctor Foster), Russell Hornsby (Fences), Beau Knapp[...]

After a white cop accidentally hits and critically injures a black teenager, a northeastern city explodes with racial tensions, an attempted cover up and its aftermath, and the trial of the century. Two-time Emmy winner Regina King (American Crime) stars as Latrice Butler, alongside breakout British actress Clare-Hope Ashitey (Doctor Foster), Russell Hornsby (Fences), Beau Knapp[...]

Fences is a powerful and brilliantly acted film adaptation of the late playwright August Wilson's stage production about an African-American family living in Pittsburgh in the mid-1950s. Starring Washington as Troy Maxson, a middle-aged head of household struggling to provide for his family while working as a garbage collector, Viola Davis as his wife Rose, Stephen Henderson[...]

Fences has sharp dialogue and excellent performances but it's shot like a play not a movie. Title: Fences Director: Denzel Washington Summary: An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise is family in the 1950's and coming to terms with the events of his life. There are a lot of reasons that[...]

Fences thus far is looking very good It looks like it is sporting a pair of killer performances from Denzel Washington and Viola Davis The first trailer was well done, not showing much about the story, but asking tough questions. The second stays in the vein, with themes such as the sacrafice of being an adult[...]