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Fences

It was a long time before I could cutit down to where I could handle it

Fences • 2016
It was a long time before I could cut
it down to where I could handle it

Full Transcript

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It was a long time before I could cut it down to where I could handle it.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:07
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Paramount Pictures,Scott Rudin Productions,MACRO,Bron Studios,Escape Artists

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Movie Summary

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Part of that cutting down was where I got to the place - Fences 00:11
Part of that cutting down was where I got to the place
I didn't know you left home when you was 14. - Fences 00:06
I didn't know you left home when you was 14.
I was through with farming. I figured I'd do better in the cities. - Fences 00:06
I was through with farming. I figured I'd do better in ...
I walked on down to mobile, - Fences 00:08
I walked on down to mobile,
Got up here and found out, - Fences 00:07
Got up here and found out,
Colored folks living down there on the riverbanks - Fences 00:07
Colored folks living down there on the riverbanks
Living down there in shacks made out of sticks and tar paper. - Fences 00:05
Living down there in shacks made out of sticks and tar paper...
First, it was food. Then I figure I steal me some money, - Fences 00:07
First, it was food. Then I figure I steal me some money,
I went out one day looking for somebody to rob. - Fences 00:05
I went out one day looking for somebody to rob.
It felt like somebody had taken - Fences 00:05
It felt like somebody had taken
Now, when he shot me, I jumped at him with my knife, - Fences 00:09
Now, when he shot me, I jumped at him with my knife,
Got out that place, and your mama had taken you, - Fences 00:06
Got out that place, and your mama had taken you,
Rose'll tell you - Fences 00:22
Rose'll tell you
Rose'll tell you - Fences 00:26
Rose'll tell you
I first met her, she ask me if I had - Fences 00:06
I first met her, she ask me if I had
I said, "baby, it's you and baseball", - Fences 00:06
I said, "baby, it's you and baseball",
And I meant it, too. She said, "which one come first?" - Fences 00:14
And I meant it, too. She said, "which one come first?&q...
Talkin' about, "baby, you know you'll always be number one with me." - Fences 00:10
Talkin' about, "baby, you know you'll always ...
You get off the track, she'll straighten you up. - Fences 00:06
You get off the track, she'll straighten you up.
You ought to come down to the grill, hear me play. - Fences 00:05
You ought to come down to the grill, hear me play.