Newest FENCES Trailer Experience the new FENCES trailer! The film, directed by Denzel Washington (The Great Debaters), stars Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, and Jovan Adepo. FENCES will be released in theaters on December 25. An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life.