Bibliograph

Good fences, Showtime presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover ; screenplay by Trey Ellis ; directed by Ernest Dickerson

Type

Label

Good fences, Showtime presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover ; screenplay by Trey Ellis ; directed by Ernest Dickerson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R, for sexuality, some language and violence

Main title

Good fences

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

53130175

Responsibility statement

Showtime presents a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover ; screenplay by Trey Ellis ; directed by Ernest Dickerson

Runtime

119

Summary

In the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his winning of a high-profile case thrusts him into the limelight, he decides to move his family out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut. The upscale and uptight residents of Greenwich aren't sure how to deal with their new neighbors

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification