Giving Voice

About Giving Voice

Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these students, examining how Wilson and his characters speak to a new generation, inspiring them to listen to his words and find their own voice.

Giving Voice is a 2020 documentary film directed by Fernando Villena and James D. Stern.

Denzel Washington takes the lead as Self, Viola Davis as Self, Stephen McKinley Henderson as Self, and Gerardo Navarro as Self. Released in January 2020, it runs 90 minutes.

In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

It carries a PG-13 rating.