Join AMC on February 28 at 6:00 p.m. MSK to mark Black History Month and watch Fences (12+), a 2016 drama starring, produced and directed by Denzel Washington.

Based on a screenplay by August Wilson, adapted from Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Set in the 1950s, it is one of 10 plays in Wilson’s “Century Cycle” about the African American experience, one set in each decade from the 1900s to 1990s, all but one set in the Hill District, Pittsburgh’s historic black neighborhood and Wilson’s home. As a Broadway play Fences won two Tony awards and a Pulitzer.

In addition to Washington, the film Fences stars Viola Davis, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. It was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2016 and was nominated for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globes (with Davis winning the Best Supporting Actress), and other awards.

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Troy Maxson makes his living as a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Maxson once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, but was deemed too old when the major leagues began admitting black athletes. Bitter over his missed opportunity, Troy creates further tension in his family when he squashes his son’s  chance to meet a college football recruiter.

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