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Good fences, Showtime/DEJ Productions present a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; producers, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg ; teleplay, Trey Ellis ; director, Ernest Dickerson

Label
Good fences, Showtime/DEJ Productions present a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; producers, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg ; teleplay, Trey Ellis ; director, Ernest Dickerson
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R, for sexuality, some language and violence
Main title
Good fences
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Showtime/DEJ Productions present a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; producers, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg ; teleplay, Trey Ellis ; director, 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