Good Fences (2003)
- Directed by
- Ernest Dickerson
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A black family moves to a wealthy white suburb in the 1970s. They face prejudice and the pressure to fit in, which strains their marriage and home life. The husband works too hard to succeed, while his wife tries to keep the family together.
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What happens
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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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