These girls haven't hugged their fathers in years. A father-daughter dance in prison gave them the chance to. | CBC Arts LoadedPosted: May 10, 2024 3:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 10, set inside a Washington D.C. jail that's home to a father-daughter dance, there's a scene in which imprisoned fathers are seated in this hallway, dressed up in their suits and ties for the dance, nervously waiting for the girls.
Leading up to the dance, Patton hosts workshops for the girls and their mothers to help them heal from the absence of these men in their lives. She also guest lectures in the mandatory 12-week fatherhood course, that's meant to help the men in jail develop a healthy relationship with their daughters, both at the dance and after it.
"This was really a girls' empowerment story, this is about the idea and the wisdom that young girls have that can change the world," Rae says. "That's a different thing than, 'Oh, we're going to set out to change recidivism.'" When Rae emailed Patton in 2017, she made it clear that she wanted to make this film together. She then flew out to Richmond, Virginia to meet Patton for lunch. Rae was the only filmmaker who visited in-person and offered to collaborate, which got Patton's attention. Rae also met with some of the girls who took part in the Date with Dad program during that visit.
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