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Daughters

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Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C. jail. A generation of youth bare the weight of mass incarceration on their childhoods. These wounds impair development and can last a lifetime. In-person visitation for these families has been systematically shut down across the US since 2014, replaced with video conference apps the families have to pay for. This unique program involves dance, touch and celebration that transcends the prison walls. On the inside, we watch the fathers go through a 12-week Fatherhood Training Program that prepares them for the intensity of the dance and the emotional fallout. Read More Read Less
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In defiance of an inhumane prison system emerges a tender and touching light for incarcerated fathers to finally hold and dance with their Daughters.

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Cath Clarke Guardian A tender, painful, intimate film. Rated: 4/5 Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Derek Smith Slant Magazine The importance of touch between a parent and child—and, in the case of this film, specifically between a father and daughter—is rarely discussed openly in Daughters, but it looms large over nearly every scene. Rated: 3/4 Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Tomris Laffly Harper's Bazaar It’s hard to imagine a sharper critique of our dehumanizing prison system than this bighearted, deeply empathetic tearjerker by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae. Feb 5, 2024 Full Review Ben Sears Loud and Clear Reviews There’s something undeniably heartwarming to see incarcerated men preparing for a father-daughter dance inside their prison, but the film manages to transcend this simple premise to talk about headier topics in contemporary America. Rated: 4/5 Aug 10, 2024 Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix Daughters is quite simply one of the most impactful documentaries of the year. This tearjerking account of a father-daughter dance in a prison tells a larger story of the long-term effects of separation from incarcerated parents. Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Christopher Campbell Nonfics On top of being a feel-good documentary with emotional character moments, Daughter is also a stealthily effective issue film. Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C. jail. A generation of youth bare the weight of mass incarceration on their childhoods. These wounds impair development and can last a lifetime. In-person visitation for these families has been systematically shut down across the US since 2014, replaced with video conference apps the families have to pay for. This unique program involves dance, touch and celebration that transcends the prison walls. On the inside, we watch the fathers go through a 12-week Fatherhood Training Program that prepares them for the intensity of the dance and the emotional fallout.
Director
Angela Patton, Natalie Rae
Producer
Natalie Rae, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi, James Cunningham
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Object & Animal, Epoch Films, Park Pictures, OPC, XTR
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 9, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 14, 2024
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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