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What Makes a Family(2001)

January 22, 20012h

63%User score 63 percent

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23 votes

Based on the controversial true story

Overview

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.

Director: Maggie Greenwald
Writers: Robert L. Freedman

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Brooke Shields
Janine Nielssen
Cherry Jones
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Status: Released
Original title: What Makes a Family
Original language: English
Production: Lifetime, Barwood Films, Columbia TriStar Television

Keywords

based on true story
judicial system
lesbian history

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