{"id":631015,"date":"2024-08-15T18:08:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/in-netflixs-daughters-jail-walls-cant-keep-love-out\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T18:08:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:08:22","slug":"in-netflixs-daughters-jail-walls-cant-keep-love-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-netflixs-daughters-jail-walls-cant-keep-love-out\/","title":{"rendered":"#In Netflix\u2019s Daughters, jail walls can\u2019t keep love out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ae8c42716a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-netflixs-daughters-jail-walls-cant-keep-love-out\/#Co-directors_Angela_Patton_and_Natalie_Rae_discuss_the_creation_of_their_poignant_new_documentary\" >Co-directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae discuss the creation of their poignant new documentary.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Co-directors_Angela_Patton_and_Natalie_Rae_discuss_the_creation_of_their_poignant_new_documentary\"><\/span>Co-directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae discuss the creation of their poignant new documentary.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263389\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Daughters_00_04_32_12_x3kutw\/in-netflixs-daughters-prison-walls-cant-keep-love-out.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Daughters_00_04_32_12_x3kutw\/in-netflixs-daughters-prison-walls-cant-keep-love-out.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Daughters_00_04_32_12_x3kutw\/in-netflixs-daughters-prison-walls-cant-keep-love-out.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Daughters_00_04_32_12_x3kutw\/in-netflixs-daughters-prison-walls-cant-keep-love-out.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Daughters_00_04_32_12_x3kutw\/in-netflixs-daughters-prison-walls-cant-keep-love-out.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Daughters_00_04_32_12_x3kutw\/in-netflixs-daughters-prison-walls-cant-keep-love-out.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"In Netflix\u2019s &lt;i&gt;Daughters&lt;\/i&gt;, jail walls can\u2019t keep love out\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263385\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The hallmarks of a daddy-daughter dance are all there from the beginning of the new documentary film <i>Daughters<\/i>: pretty dresses, smart suits, a lot of Beyonc\u00e9 songs. But there is one key difference. All of the fathers depicted in the film are incarcerated in Washington D.C., and their daughters are coming to visit them for an all-too-rare evening. A recent move away from face-to-face visits and towards video calls in prisons and jails means some of them haven\u2019t seen each other in years; directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae capture the human cost of this transition and the stakes it places on the dance. Fathers prepare for the day via a 10-week program with a parenting coach, opening up about how determined they are to be more present for their children in the future. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263401\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263386\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>Daughters<\/i> sits alongside excellent documentaries like Ava DuVernay\u2019s <i>13th<\/i> and Garret Bradley\u2019s <i>Time<\/i> in its exploration of the reverberations of the prison-industrial complex. The film shines a light, often painfully, on the impact incarceration has on the wider family while making a passionate argument for treating institutionalized individuals, as well as their families, with respect and dignity. It also offers statistical evidence that this works: 95% of fathers who have been to a daddy-daughter dance have not returned to prison.<\/p>\n<p>            At its core <i>Daughters<\/i> is a film about the girls and the bravery they display as they deal with missing their father at such a young age. Five-year-old Aubrey is the \u201csmartest one in class\u201d and loves to practice her times tables; Santana is ten and is resentful that her father is not able to be a more active participant in her childhood, 11-year-old Ja\u2019Ana has never even visited her father in prison before, while Raziah is 15 and struggling with her mental health. Patton and Rae neither condemn nor absolve the fathers over the decisions that led them to their position. The co-directors never disclose the men\u2019s charges, a small example of humanity in a film overflowing with it. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263387\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Patton is CEO of Girls For A Change, a nonprofit whose mission is \u201cto prepare Black girls for the world and the world for Black girls.\u201d She has been organizing these dances since 2013 and gave a viral TED Talk that Rae, who formerly worked in making music videos, saw online. The pair agreed to make the documentary together eight years ago. It took until 2019 for them to find the right girls to focus on and brought in collaborators including Michael Fernandez, whose tactile cinematography elevates the tender footage of the dance itself, as well as musician Kelsey Lu who lends the film its understated piano score. <i>Daughters<\/i> won both the Documentary Audience Award and the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance; it was acquired by Netflix, where it is now streaming. <\/p>\n<p>            Speaking to The FADER, Patton and Rae discussed how they leaned on each other\u2019s strengths while honoring the extraordinary group of girls whose story they chose to tell. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263390\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daughters | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SMTgDRqfLPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('263390');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263403\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-263388\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>The FADER: Could you explain why it was important to you to tell this story predominantly from the daughters\u2019 point of view?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Patton: There were a lot of directors who reached out to me that wanted to tell a jail story. I didn\u2019t want to lose focus of the innocence, wisdom, and willpower of these girls, though. Where Natalie and I aligned was that we had to let the girls lead the story because it came from them. It\u2019s our responsibility to not hijack what is their idea [a daddy-daughter dance in jail]. They had this free-spirited mindset and understood that the importance of fatherhood is to be with their fathers. They\u2019re the true champions here. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>How did you find the girls in the film and foster the relationships to the point that you\u2019re able to capture such intimate footage?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Rae: We had to really spend our time researching and getting to know people. The mindset you have behind the camera makes an impact on it, so that was important that we were aligned on our vision. We\u2019re very careful with who we bring into those spaces. Our cinematographer had a parent who was incarcerated. It\u2019s very much about sitting together and feeling comfortable. We follow the girls&#8217; leads, too. If they don&#8217;t want to talk about something we\u2019re not going to push them. Over the months and years we spent sitting on their bedroom floors the camera soon becomes invisible. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Can you speak to why you decided against revealing why any of the men are actually in prison?<br \/><\/b><br \/>Patton: There were several reasons. For me and Natalie it was about the girls leading and they never asked why their fathers were in prison. Being an active listener means paying attention to what the doc is showing you. We had to listen to the girls and how they wanted to be represented. It would be a different film if we did reveal that and it wasn\u2019t the one we wanted to make. <i>Daughters<\/i> is a love story, not a jail story. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Rae:<\/b> A non-judgemental mindset is incredibly important to a documentary filmmaker. These girls deserve love and if they are innocent why are they to suffer the consequences of anything their fathers did? It puts the parent child relationship at the center of everything and I\u2019m glad we made the decision that we did. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>The footage from the dance itself is incredibly emotional. What are your memories of that day?<br \/><\/b><br \/><b>Patton:<\/b> I have done so many of them now but I still have to get my emotions under control. Watching the girls arrive and meet their fathers and when they get to take a photo together, I have to take myself to the bathroom and get myself together. They take your phone away from you but as soon as I get it back I always make sure to call my father and tell him again that he has been this angel in my life. Father-daughter relationships don\u2019t always make it to the screen and that\u2019s a shame because there is such strength in them and it does show up as we grow into women. I never understood how grateful I was until I was able to be with these young girls sharing their experiences. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Rae:<\/b> The burden of shooting this dance took a lot of conversation and planning. We wanted to do it justice with the emotion and the intimacy of the occasion. We decided to shoot on 16mm film which was a risk, as it only allowed us to have two cameras in the room. It was vital to capture those moments of light and the human quality of what was h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening. Our cinematographer said he wasn\u2019t sure if anything he shot would be in focus because he was crying so much shooting on that day. The whole day was overwhelming. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Is there something specific about dancing that makes these occasions work? I feel like it wouldn\u2019t be the same if it was a picnic or swimming that they were doing together\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>Patton:<\/b> There are lots of things happening at a dance that bring people together. We play <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s and eat food. There is a co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n in the room making jokes and helping to break the ice. It\u2019s an intimate space and people are able to express themselves. One thing I know that we have done to heal ourselves in the Black community is dancing and music. You put that on and suddenly things don\u2019t matter. At that point we can connect with our loved ones and be a community. It is a tradition of how Black people have healed and survived. That is irreplaceable. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">David Renshaw<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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