Thursday, 04 August 2022 12:42

Jewish Cultural Festival Presents Zoom Discussion of ‘Fences’ Aug. 11

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Jewish Cultural Festival presents a zoom panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11 of the 2016 film “Fences,” based on August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name.

August Wilson wrote in her original 1985 play that “some people build fences to keep people out and other people build fences to keep people in.” 

“Fences” is a film about how our environment shapes us, and how, no matter how noble their intentions, our parents affect the way we view and grapple with life, for better or worse, just as their parents had done for them. This is our legacy as humans, whether we model ourselves in our parents’ persona or indoctrinate ourselves against that which we saw as wrong with them or we internalize their futility and we pass it on.

“The timeframe of this film does not date the material,” said Phyllis Wang, Coordinator of the Saratoga Jewish Cultural Festival. “Its universal themes transcend any of the social details and some may be taken aback to discover that the American working class is more than just Midwestern and White.” 

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