Fences

Fences (2016) is a drama you can watch online on iFILM. Denzel Washington both directs and stars, bringing August Wilson's stage play to the screen. The setting is Pittsburgh in the 1950s.

Troy Maxson once dreamed of the major leagues, but the color of his skin shut that door before he could walk through it. Now he hauls garbage, hands over his pay, and carries a lifetime of resentment. His wife Rose (Viola Davis) holds the household together and absorbs his moods. When their son chases a sports scholarship, Troy crushes the idea cold — he knows where that road ends. Sunday dinners turn into monologues, old wounds fester, and the fence Troy keeps building in the yard becomes the line between him and everyone he loves.

The film lives almost entirely on dialogue and performance, and Viola Davis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Rose. A hundred and thirty-nine minutes about pride, duty and the price of deferred dreams. Stream Fences (2016) online on iFILM.