Fences - DVD

When a little orphan boy receives a genuine ray gun that compels anyone caught in its beam to tell the truth, he uses it to help a couple fall in love and prevent his orphanage from being shut down by creditors.

Fleeing from the Russian secret police because of his controversial past, a young Estonian fencer named Endel is forced to return to his homeland, where he finds work as a teacher and starts a sports club for his students. Endel becomes a father figure to his students and starts teaching them his great passion, fencing, which causes a conflict with the school's principal. Fencing becomes a form of self-expression for the children, and Endel becomes a role model and father figure. He learns to love the children, many of whom have been orphaned as a result of the Russian occupation. When the children want to participate in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad, Endel must make a choice; risk everything to take the children to Leningrad or put his safety first and disappoint them. Run Time 99 minutes

Chicago, 1955 Mamie Till (Danielle Deadwyler) saw her 14-year-old son Emmett (Jalyn Hill) off to spend the summer with family in Mississippi. She'd never see him alive again, as two locals beat and shot him for allegedly whistling at a white woman. After the assailants' swift acquittal, she'd channel her sorrow into a lifetime's activism and ensuring her son's story would be known to the world. Sobering portrait also stars Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, Jamie Renell. 130 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.