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Daughters

Daughters

Unclassified 15+
Dir. Natalie Rae, Angela Patton / 2024 / 107 mins / USA / English / Documentary / Australian Premiere
Program Strand/s: Documentaries

Please note: MIFF is proud to present Daughters as a free screening for audiences. Please claim your ticket below (subject to availability).

Executive-produced by Kerry Washington and Joel Edgerton, this double Sundance winner follows four young girls as they reunite with their incarcerated fathers for the Daddy Daughter Dance.

Over a decade ago, activist and Girls for a Change CEO Angela Patton launched Date With Dad, a program designed to connect young girls with their fathers who are serving terms in prison. These meet-ups, which culminate in an event called the Daddy Daughter Dance, are often the only chance they will have to physically interact with their fathers, many of whom have been sentenced for up to 20 years. In Daughters, Patton and filmmaker Natalie Rae follow four girls – five-year-old Aubrey, 10-year-old Santana, 11-year-old Ja’Ana and 15-year-old Raziah – as they prepare to meet their dads in a Washington, DC jail for a day of celebration.

Mixing social critique with heartfelt moments, Patton and Rae offer a unique perspective on a generation of kids forced to deal with the weight of mass incarceration, as well as on the emotional toll faced by the parent figures isolated from them. Shot over eight years – including glimpses of the girls in their family homes as well as footage of the men undergoing a 12-week pre-event training program – this winner of Sundance’s Festival Favourite Award and the Audience Award for US Documentary is a deeply moving and ultimately uplifting plea for change.

“Simply put, this is a stunning work of subtlety and power… With a mix of journalistic sophistication and cinematically rich emotions, you’re treated to a truly exceptional work of non-fiction." – Point of View

Tickets

10 Aug 6:15pm Hoyts Melbourne Central Cinema 11
Access: Assistive listening Wheelchair Accessible
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Daughters (107 m)

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