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
DVD cover based on the painting American Gothic
GenreComedy-drama
Based onGood Fences
by Erika Ellis
Written byTrey Ellis
Directed byErnest R. Dickerson
Starring
Music byGeorge Duke
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Danny Glover
  • Whoopi Goldberg
CinematographyJonathan Freeman
EditorStephen Lovejoy
Running time119 minutes
Production company40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseFebruary 2, 2003 (2003-02-02)

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]

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Reception

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

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