In 2019, inmates at a Washington DC prison are offered the chance to attend a Daddy-Daughter dance. Daughters follows four participants and their daughters – Aubrey, Santana, Ja´Ana and Raziah – whose childhoods are marked by their fathers´ absence. Poetic and visually arresting, the film contrasts the flat, colourless prison interior with scenes featuring the girls, shot in lurid neon or soft grain, highlighting their joy and aspirations. Natalie Rae and Angela Patton are critical of the difficulties the families face in maintaining contact, thanks in large part to stringent limitations on in-person visits and prohibitive phone costs. And the dance is never posited as a simple resolution; rather it offers a moment of connection in a relationship – and within a system – that is otherwise damaged.
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Premiere statusEuropean premiere
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Director(s)Natalie Rae, Angela Patton
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Country(s)USA
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Year2024
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Duration107 mins
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Executive producer(s)Wendy Neu, Emily Harris, Isil Gilderdale, Donovan M. Boden, Harland Weiss, Shane Riley, Bryn Mooser, Jessica Taneja, Morgan Clement, Dom Thomas, Kerry Washington, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord, J.M. Harper, Lydia Kives, Hallee Adelman, Jessica Seinfeld, Joel Edgerton, Angela Patton, Pilar Savone
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Producer(s)Natalie Rae, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi Raycroft
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CinematographyMichael Cambio Fernandez
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EditingTroy Lewis, Adelina Bichis
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Language(s)English
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