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‘Daughters’ Review: A Dance Becomes Both a Reunion and a Reckoning In a Sage Documentary
Natalie Rae and Angela Patton's moving documentary 'Daughters' follows four girls as they head toward a date with their imprisoned fathers.
Each man wears an orange jumpsuit and has signed on for a 10-week course about fatherhood with life coach Chad Morris in directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton ’s entrancing documentary, debuting at the Sundance Film Festival. As interesting as the goings-on in that prison room will be, the stars of “Daughters” are the titular girls: Aubrey Smith, 5, Santana Stewart, 10, Ja’Ana Crudup, 11, and Raziah Lewis, 15. From the opening — a black-and-white montage that floats on Kelsey Lu’s plaintive piano score — “Daughters” shares striking DNA with another Sundance-launched doc, Garrett Bradley’s “Time.” Like that gem, this quietly consequential film makes clear the weight of mass incarceration on families.
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