Good Fences
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.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Released
- 2003
Details
Release year: 2003
Storyline
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.
Top credits
- Danny Glover — Tom Spader
- Whoopi Goldberg — Mabel Spader
- Zachary Simmons Glover — Tommy-Two (age 17)
- Mo'Nique — Ruth Crisp