Daughters (2024 film)
2024 American film
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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]
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- Natalie Rae
- Angela Patton
- Troy Josiah Lewis
- Adelina Bichis
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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 |
Premise
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
Release
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
Accolades
| Award | Date | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 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 | |||