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Dominican Rep. What Makes a Family TV
- Original title
- What Makes a Family
- Year
- 2001
- Running time
- 120 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Brooke Shields
Cherry Jones
Anne Meara
Al Waxman
Whoopi Goldberg- Jordy Benattar
Melanie Nicholls-King- Stewart Arnott
Roger Dunn
George Buza
Jo Vannicola
Roberta Maxwell
Dean McDermott
Jayne Eastwood- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Gay & Lesbian. Family Relationships. Maternity. TV Movie
- Synopsis
- Co-produced by Barbra Streisand and Whoopi Goldberg, the made-for-TV What Makes a Family stars Brooke Shields, cast against type as a woman happily committed to a lesbian relationship. Yearning for a family of their own, Janine Nielsen (Shields) and her partner, Sandy Cataldi (Cherry Jones), elect to have a baby via artificial insemination, with Sandy as the biological mother. Alas, Sandy dies not long after the birth of her child, whereupon Janine is plunged into a legal hell by Sandy's parents (Anne Meara and Al Waxman), who sue to gain custody of the baby. Poignantly addressing a myriad of moral, legal, and ethical issues, What Makes a Family was ideally suited to air over the Lifetime cable network, where the film first aired on January 31, 2001. (From allmovieguide.com)
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