What Makes a Family

What Makes a Family
2001
★★★☆☆ 6.2/10
⏱️ 120 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaTV Movie
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.

Cast

Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
Janine Nielssen
Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones
Sandy Cataldi
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Terry Harrison
Anne Meara
Anne Meara
Evelyn Cataldi
Al Waxman
Al Waxman
Frank Cataldi
Jordy Benattar
Jordy Benattar
Heather Cataldi

Crew

Director
Maggie Greenwald
Writer
Robert L. Freedman
Producer
Neil Meron, Cis Corman, Whoopi Goldberg

Production

Lifetime, Barwood Films, Columbia TriStar Television, Storyline Entertainment

Keywords

based on true storyjudicial systemlesbian history