Daughters (2024 film)
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| Cinematography | Michael "Cambio" Fernandez |
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| Music by | Kelsey Lu[1] |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Daughters is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton. It follows a group of incarcerated men and their daughters. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2024, where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary.[2][3] The film also won a 2025 Peabody Award.[4]
Premise
[edit]Four young girls whose ages range from 5-15 prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.[5] Aubrey, Santana, Raziah, and Ja’Ana are participants in a program run by Patton's organization, Girls For A Change.
Production
[edit]Rae contacted Patton about working together after seeing Patton's 2012 TED talk, "A father-daughter dance ... in prison."[5]
The crew followed the girls for eight years, beginning in the first year the program held a Washington, D.C. dance.[2][6][5]
Release
[edit]The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2024, where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary. A few days later, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film.[7]
Reception
[edit]Accolades
[edit]| Award | Date | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundance Film Festival | January 28, 2024 | U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize | Daughters | Nominated | [3] |
| U.S. Documentary – Audience Award | Won | ||||
| Festival Favorite | Won | ||||
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | [8][9] | |
| Best Director | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Nominated | |||
| Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s) | Won | ||||
| Best Score | Kelsey Lu | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Michael "Cambio" Fernandez | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Troy Lewis and Adelina Bichiș | Nominated | |||
| Winter IndieWire Honors | December 5, 2024 | Magnify Award | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Won | [10] |
| Astra Film Awards | December 8, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Daughters | Nominated | [11] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2024 | Best Documentary | Nominated | [12] | |
| Celebration of Cinema and Television | December 9, 2024 | Documentary Award | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Won | [13] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 12, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | Daughters | Nominated | [14] |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | December 15, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | [15] | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | [16] | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 18, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | 2nd place | [17] | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 20, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | Nominated | [18] | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 7, 2025 | Best Documentary Film | Daughters | Nominated | [19] |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 9, 2024 | Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature | Natalie Rae, Angela Patton, Lisa Mazzotta, Justin Benoliel, James Cunningham, Mindy Goldberg, Sam Bisbee, Kathryn Everett, Laura Choi Raycroft, Adrian Aurelius, Philip Nicolai Flindt, Michael Cambio Fernandez, and Kelsey Lu | Nominated | [20] |
| Outstanding Debut | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Nominated | |||
| Audience Choice Prize | Daughters | Nominated | |||
| Directors Guild of America Awards | February 8, 2025 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Nominated | [21][22] |
| Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | May 1, 2025 | Television Academy Honors Award | A Netflix Documentary / An Object & Animal and Epoch Films Production / A Park Pictures and XTR Production / In Association with OPC, World of HA, Simpson Street, and Two One Five | Won | [23] |
| Peabody Awards | May 1, 2025 | Documentary | Won | [24] | |
| News and Documentary Emmy Awards | June 26, 2025 | Outstanding Social Issue Documentary | Daughters | Nominated | [25] |
| Outstanding Direction: Documentary | Angela Patton, Natalie Rae | Nominated | |||
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Daughters (2024)". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- 1 2 Kennedy, Lisa (January 23, 2024). "'Daughters' Review: A Dance Becomes Both a Reunion and a Reckoning In a Sage Documentary". Variety. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- 1 2 "The Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival". Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Daughters". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Lu, Kelsey (September 6, 2024). "How Directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae Made the Year's Most Wrenching Documentary". Interview Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
- ↑ spicer, lucy (August 16, 2024). "Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, the Co-Directors of "Daughters" - sundance.org". Retrieved March 14, 2026.
- ↑ Couch, Aaron (January 31, 2024). "Netflix Nabs Sundance Doc 'Daughters,' About Girls Reuniting With Their Incarcerated Fathers". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ↑ Lewis, Hilary (October 14, 2024). "'Sugarcane' Leads Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ↑ Lewis, Hilary (November 10, 2024). "Critics Choice Documentary Awards: 'Super/Man' and 'Will & Harper' Tie for Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 29, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
- ↑ Jones, Kate Erbland, Marcus (November 14, 2024). "Denis Villeneuve, Pamela Anderson, Steve McQueen, and More to Be Celebrated at IndieWire Honors". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 16, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Pond, Steve (November 25, 2024). "'Wicked' Leads Nominations for Astra Film Awards". TheWrap. Archived from the original on November 26, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ↑ Neglia, Matt (December 8, 2024). "The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on January 26, 2025. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ↑ "The Critics Choice Association Announces Full Slate of Honorees for the 7th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema and Television – Critics Choice Awards". Archived from the original on November 18, 2025. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ↑ "The 2024 Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. December 10, 2024. Archived from the original on January 24, 2025. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ↑ "2024 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Nominations". AwardsWatch. December 10, 2024. Archived from the original on December 14, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
- ↑ "The 2024 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. December 7, 2024. Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association – Official site of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association". December 18, 2024. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ↑ Neglia, Matt (December 20, 2024). "The 2024 Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
- ↑ "The 2024 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. December 13, 2024. Archived from the original on December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors: 'Girls State', 'Ren Faire' Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 14, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ↑ Verhoeven, Beatrice; Lewis, Hilary (January 7, 2025). "DGA Awards: The Bear, Shogun and The Penguin Lead TV Nominations with Three Nods Each". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ↑ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2024" (Press release). Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America. January 7, 2025. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ↑ "Recipients of 18th Television Academy Honors Announced". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ↑ "85th Annual Peabody Awards Announce Winners". Peabody Awards. May 1, 2025. Archived from the original on June 7, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (May 1, 2025). "News & Documentary Emmy Nominations Revealed". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 14, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
External links
[edit]- 2024 films
- 2024 documentary films
- 2024 American films
- American documentary films
- Documentary films about incarceration in the United States
- Films about father–daughter relationships
- Netflix original documentary films
- Television Academy Honors winners
- Peabody Award–winning broadcasts
- Sundance Film Festival award–winning films