Daughters (2024 film)

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Daughters
Daughters (2024) poster.jpg
Release poster
Directed by
Produced by
CinematographyMichael "Cambio" Fernandez
Edited by
  • Troy Josiah Lewis
  • Adelina Bichis
Music by Kelsey Lu [1]
Production
companies
  • Object & Animal
  • Epoch Films
  • XTR
  • Park Pictures
  • Object & Animal
Distributed by Netflix
Release dates
  • January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22)(Sundance)
  • August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14)(Netflix)
Running time
107 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 documentary also won a Peabody Award. [4]

Contents

Premise

Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.

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 documentary. [5]

Reception

Accolades

AwardDateCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Sundance Film Festival January 28, 2024 U.S. Documentary Grand Jury PrizeDaughtersNominated [6]
U.S. Documentary – Audience AwardWon
Festival FavoriteWon
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards November 10, 2024 Best Documentary Feature Nominated [7] [8]
Best Director Natalie Rae and Angela Patton Nominated
Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s) Won
Best Score Kelsey Lu Nominated
Best CinematographyMichael "Cambio" FernandezNominated
Best EditingTroy Lewis and Adelina BichișNominated
Winter IndieWire Honors December 5, 2024Magnify AwardNatalie Rae and Angela PattonWon [9]
Astra Film Awards December 8, 2024 Best Documentary FeatureDaughtersNominated [10]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 8, 2024 Best Documentary Nominated [11]
Celebration of Cinema and Television December 9, 2024Documentary AwardNatalie Rae and Angela PattonWon [12]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 12, 2024 Best Documentary Film DaughtersNominated [13]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle December 15, 2024 Best Documentary Feature Nominated [14]
St. Louis Film Critics Association December 15, 2024 Best Documentary Feature Nominated [15]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 18, 2024 Best Documentary Film 2nd place [16]
Florida Film Critics Circle December 20, 2024 Best Documentary Film Nominated [17]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 7, 2025Best Documentary FilmDaughtersNominated [18]
Cinema Eye Honors January 9, 2024 Outstanding Non-Fiction FeatureNatalie 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 [19]
Outstanding DebutNatalie Rae and Angela PattonNominated
Audience Choice PrizeDaughtersNominated
Directors Guild of America Awards February 8, 2025 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries Natalie Rae and Angela PattonNominated [20] [21]
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 FiveWon [22]
Peabody Awards May 1, 2025 DocumentaryWon [23]
News and Documentary Emmy Awards June 26, 2025 Outstanding Social Issue DocumentaryDaughtersNominated [24]
Outstanding Direction: DocumentaryAngela Patton, Natalie RaeNominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Daughters (2024)". Sundance Film Festival . Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Kennedy, Lisa (2024-01-23). "'Daughters' Review: A Dance Becomes Both a Reunion and a Reckoning In a Sage Documentary". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  3. ↑ The Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival
  4. ↑ "Daughters". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  5. ↑ Couch, Aaron (January 31, 2024). "Netflix Nabs Sundance Doc 'Daughters,' About Girls Reuniting With Their Incarcerated Fathers". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  6. ↑ The Complete List of 2024 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners|Sundance Film Festival
  7. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (October 14, 2024). "'Sugarcane' Leads Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (November 10, 2024). "Critics Choice Documentary Awards: 'Super/Man' and 'Will & Harper' Tie for Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  9. ↑ Jones, Kate Erbland,Marcus (2024-11-14). "Denis Villeneuve, Pamela Anderson, Steve McQueen, and More to Be Celebrated at IndieWire Honors". IndieWire. Retrieved 2024-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Pond, Steve (November 25, 2024). "'Wicked' Leads Nominations for Astra Film Awards". TheWrap . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  11. ↑ Neglia, Matt (2024-12-08). "The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  12. ↑ "The Critics Choice Association Announces Full Slate of Honorees for the 7th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema and Television – Critics Choice Awards" . Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  13. ↑ "The 2024 Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. 2024-12-10. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  14. ↑ "2024 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Nominations". AwardsWatch. 2024-12-10. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  15. ↑ "The 2024 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  16. ↑ "Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association – Official site of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association". 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  17. ↑ Neglia, Matt (20 December 2024). "The 2024 Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  18. ↑ "The 2024 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists . 2024-12-13. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  19. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (October 24, 2024). "Cinema Eye Honors: 'Girls State', 'Ren Faire' Lead Broadcast Nominees; Audience Choice Award Longlist Revealed". Deadline . Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  20. ↑ 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 . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  21. ↑ "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. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Recipients of 18th Television Academy Honors Announced". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  23. ↑ "85th Annual Peabody Awards Announce Winners". Peabody Awards. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  24. ↑ Pedersen, Erik (May 1, 2025). "News & Documentary Emmy Nominations Revealed". Deadline Hollywood .
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