What Makes a Family

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.

• Maggie GreenwaldDirector
• Robert L. FreedmanWriter

• Brooke ShieldsJanine Nielssen
• Cherry JonesSandy Cataldi
• Whoopi GoldbergTerry Harrison
• Anne MearaEvelyn Cataldi
• Al WaxmanFrank Cataldi
• Jordy BenattarHeather Cataldi
• Melanie Nicholls-KingNora
• Stewart ArnottPeter
• Jo VannicolaMelissa
• Roberta MaxwellClaire
• Dean McDermottO'Brien
• Sean McCannJudge Black