The tear-jerker documentary “Daughters' follows four young girls as they prepare to reunite with their incarcerated fathers for a dance in a Washington, D.
Ask 2: Can Houston school crossing guards stop traffic on a main street to let cars exit a side street?– Angela Patton has devoted her career to listening to the needs of young girls. Over a decade ago, the CEO of the nonprofithelped start a program in Richmond, Virginia, that created a daddy daughter dance for girls whose fathers are in prison. The “Date With Dad” idea wasn’t hers, however. It came from a 12-year-old Black girl.
“It was just one of the most powerful stories I had ever come across,” Rae said. “For me, it was a beautiful example of what change can happen in the world when we listen to the wisdom of young women. This is a young Black girls’ idea, and she knew what her and her father needed.” Though Patton has for many years worked with Black families in Washington and Richmond, for the film there would have to be another level of trust in establishing close relationships with the girls and their mothers, asking what they needed and were comfortable with and knowing when to turn the cameras on and off.
“These are really lifetime relationships,” Rae said. “Most of the time we’re not filming. It’s going and spending time being invited to see someone at the hospital, going to a birthday party. Aubrey and I made her dad a birthday cake one year and got to talk to him on the phone and just told him what it looked like.”
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