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    What Makes a Family 2001 POSTER

    What Makes a Family

    2001

    English

    6.6

    ♡ 3

    56%

    56%

    based on a true story

    based on true story

    Drama

    judicial system

    lesbian history

    Maggie Greenwald Maggie Greenwald Director Roberta Maxwell Roberta Maxwell as Claire Brooke Shields Brooke Shields as Janine Nielssen Roger Dunn Roger Dunn as Professor Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg as Terry Harrison
    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.
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