What Makes a Family

What Makes a Family (2001)

Based on the controversial true story

Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in order to regain custody of her daughter.

Date of release
2001-01-22
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (23)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Maggie Greenwald

Casting

Interesting facts

What Makes a Family is a 2001 American drama television film directed by Maggie Greenwald, written by Robert L. Freedman, and starring Brooke Shields, Cherry Jones, Anne Meara, Al Waxman, and Whoopi Goldberg. The film premiered on Lifetime on January 22, 2001.

Production

The film was directed by Maggie Greenwald and written by Robert L. Freedman. The executive producers were Barbra Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg, Cis Corman, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Filming took place in Toronto.

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