CHANGES IN 2017 TO THE BOGO
OFFERS.
WE REACHED OUT TO MY PILLOW BUT
HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
THE MOVIE FENCES IS PACKING
THEATERS NATIONWIDE.
AND MANY MINNESOTANS MAY BE
FAMILIAR WITH THE STORYLINE.
THE MOVIE IS A FILM ADD
D'TATION -- ADAPTATION OF A
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PLAY.
IT WAS DURING THAT TIME HE
WROTE FENCES AND AS ANGELA
DAVIS SHOWS US BECAME CLOSE
FRIENDS WITH PENUMBRA THEATER'S
FOUNDER, LOU BELLAMY.
A MAN IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE
CARE OF HIS FAMILY.
Reporter: FENCES IS FULL OF
SCENES THAT ARE FULL OF
EMOTION.
IT EXPLORES THE LIFE OF A
SANITATION WORKER AND THE
TENSION IN HIS FAMILY.
YOU RECOGNIZE EVERYTHING
ABOUT IT, YOU RECOGNIZE THE
'50s, YOU RECOGNIZE THE CARS,
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STORIES
HAVE THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN
CULTURAL BEND AND YOU SAY, THAT
-- I RECOGNIZE IT BUT IT'S
DIFFERENT.
Reporter: PENUMBRA THEATERS
LOU BELLAMY HAS DIRECTED THE
PLAY FENCES DOZENS OF TIMES
NATIONWIDE.
HE'S EVEN PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE
BACK IN THE 1970s HE AND AUGUST
WILSON FORMED A FRIENDSHIP.
AND HE HAD NEVER SEEN A
BLACK THEATER WITH ASSIGNED
SEATING AND PRODUCTION VALUES
LIKE WE HAVE.
IT JUST BLEW HIM AWAY AND SO HE
ENDED UP MOVING HERE.
Reporter: AUGUST WILSON
LIVED IN ST. PAUL'S SELBEEDALE
NEIGHBORHOOD FROM 1978 TO 1990.
WHEN I CAME TO ST. PAUL IT
WAS NOT A PLAY WRITE.
I DIDN'T CONSIDER MYSELF A PLAY
WRITE.
Reporter: WE TALKED TO HIM
ABOUT FENCES IN 1997.
HE DESCRIBED TROY, WHO IS THE
MAIN CHARACTER.
IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT HIS
SON WHOM HE LOVES FROM THE
CRUELTIES OF THE WORLD, HE ENDS
UP DOING HIM A HARM WHEN HE'S
TRYING DO HIM -- TO DO HIM A
GOOD.
I WANT TO MAKE IT AS FAR
AWAY FROM MY LIFE AS IT CAN
POSSIBLY GET.
HE GAVE US A WONDERFUL GIFT
THAT WILL GO ON FOR A LONG,
LONG TIME.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
4 NEWS.
BELLAMY TOLD ANGELA HE
THINKS AUSTIN WILSON WOULD BE
VERY PLEASED WITH THE MOVIE.
WILSON DIED IN 2005.
CRITICS ARE SAYING THE MOVIE IS
