Summary Good Fences is about an upwardly-mobile Black family for whom the American dream becomes a nightmare. 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 wife and their two kids out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut. View more details
Directed : Ernest R. Dickerson
Written : Trey Ellis Erika Ellis
Stars : Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg Mo'Nique Zachary Simmons Glover
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Feb 1, 2003
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Summary Good Fences is about an upwardly-mobile Black family for whom the American dream becomes a nightmare. 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 wife and their two kids out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Feb 1, 2003
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks