Watch this raw, deeply moving prison documentary on Netflix beginning this Wednesday, 8/14, which shares many of the restorative justice and psychological spiritual healing themes of Killing Justice!...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this raw, deeply moving documentary, which begins streaming TODAY, 8/14 on Netflix, so be sure & watch it...Few films have advocated for outside the box ideas for reforming the prison system as eloquently and gracefully as Daughters...This deeply moving documentary about rehabilitation and forgiveness is one that has the potential to change perspectives with its humanizing sentiment. It also gives a lovely look at the loving bond between a daddy and his little girl...The documentary powerfully illustrates the profound effects of paternal absence on young girls, delving into the emotional toll it takes on their identities, self-worth, and future aspirations...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...While not shying from the isolation and self-protection learned when authorities disrupt family units, "Daughters" insists on forging community around all parties involved...Simply put, this is a stunning work of subtlety and power, one that manages to examine massive issues of race, culture, crime and relationships while remaining laser focussed on this unique, intimate setting...Daughters is an alternately shattering and hopeful look at family and the prison system. Patton and Rae spent years following their subjects, and the resulting portraits of lives in limbo are intimate and stirring...Daughters puts a face on those affected by incarceration. Children, parents and families all trying to find their way back to the center of life. People learning lessons and gaining wisdom...Emotionally devastating and hauntingly tragic, "Daughters" provides a clear playbook for rehabilitation...An enormously moving documentary made all the more effective by co-directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae’s steadfast refusal to settle for easy sentiment in the face of difficult outcomes...I came away from Daughters emotionally wrung out like a damp washcloth and infuriated at a system of punishment that too often fails everybody...A blunt critique of the cruel and toxic prison system, handled with admirable restraint by directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton...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...A tender, painful, intimate film......a bracing and necessary reminder that these are human beings behind bars...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...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...Daughters is one serious emotional wallop of a documentary that will open your heart to the tragic pain felt by innocent children who suffer greatly at the hands of the justice system...“Daughters” doesn’t have an obvious ending, and it’s in the realities of distance that we come to fully grasp the complexity of the dance, girls and fathers bonding without plexiglass barriers or pricey video calls separating them...Deeply moving and sensitively told, Daughters is a judgment-free snapshot of people who understand change must happen for sustenance. And the earnest attempts to make lives better...feel like a powerful force...In between the lines of the more uplifting stories in the film ... Daughters forces us to consider more difficult questions...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTgDRqfLPE
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