Good Fences

2003 comedy-drama television film

Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg

Music byGeorge DukeCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producers

Spike Lee
Sam Kitt

Producers

Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg

CinematographyJonathan FreemanEditorStephen LovejoyRunning time119 minutesProduction company40 Acres and a Mule FilmworksOriginal releaseNetworkShowtimeReleaseFebruary 2, 2003 (2003-02-02)

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.^[1]

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg as Mabel Spader
Danny Glover as Tom Spader
Mo'Nique as Ruth Crisp
Ashley Archer as Stormy (age 13)
Ryan Michelle Bathe as Stormy (age 17)
Vincent McCurdy-Clark as Tommy-Two (age 12)
Zachary Simmons Glover as Tommy-Two (age 17)

Reception

The New York Times reviewed the film positively,^[2] as did Dove.^[3]

References

^ Gondo, Nancy (2003-06-13). "Good Fences". Variety. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
^ Gates, Anita (2003-01-31). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Turning Everything White but the Skin". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
^ "Good Fences". Dove Family Friendly Movie Reviews. Retrieved 2022-02-15.