Good Fences
2003 comedy-drama television film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Prison Break episode, see Good Fences (Prison Break episode).
Good Fences is a 2003 American comedy-drama television film directed by Ernest Dickerson and written by Trey Ellis, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by his wife Erika Ellis. The film is about the stresses of prejudice on an upwardly mobile black family in 1970s Greenwich, Connecticut. Danny Glover plays the overworked, stressed husband and Whoopi Goldberg plays his steadfast wife.
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Genre | Comedy-drama |
Based on | Good Fences by Erika Ellis |
Written by | Trey Ellis |
Directed by | Ernest R. Dickerson |
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Music by | George Duke |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Cinematography | Jonathan Freeman |
Editor | Stephen Lovejoy |
Running time | 119 minutes |
Production company | 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
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Network | Showtime |
Release | February 2, 2003 (2003-02-02) |
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Good Fences was produced by Spike Lee's 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. It premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on Showtime on February 2, 2003. Goldberg won an Image Award for her role.[1]