August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

About August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronicling a century of African-American life. Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

Sam Pollard's August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand is a 2015 documentary film. It runs 90 minutes and was released in February 2015.

August Wilson stars as Self (archive footage), Viola Davis as Self, Charles S. Dutton as Self, and Laurence Fishburne as Self. The screenplay is by Stephen Stept. In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.