Four girls look forward to being reunited with their fathers in Natalie Rae and Angela Patton’s painful yet lyrical Sundance-winning documentary
found myself choking up barely a minute into this heartfelt documentary about a daddy-daughter dance scheme for the girls of incarcerated fathers in Washington DC, such is the emotional wallop of this terrific, Sundance prize-winning film.
Co-directed with a supreme assurance that falls just on the right side of slickness by music video director Natalie Rae and Angela Patton – activist and founder of thefeels like the fortuitously alchemic combination of two very different but complementary voices. Patton’s formidable communication skills, previously demonstrated in a widely viewed, drive a film that has a kinship with, and a similarly wrenching impact to that of the Folsom prison group therapy documentary,.
Meanwhile, the men work through sessions with a “father life coach” to prepare them for the switchback emotional journey ahead. The dance is the picture’s climax, a glimpse of joy and optimism. But the film’s coda, shot three years later, shows the cost of prolonged separation. Hope is a spark that can be easily extinguished.
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