Richmond documentary 'Daughters' is now on Netflix

A scene from Daughters documentryPhoto byCourtesy of Sundance Institute/Screenshot

"Daughters," an award-winning documentary about a Richmond-based daddy-daughter dance program for girls and their incarcerated fathers, is now airing on Netflix.

About the "Daughters" documentary

"Daughters" is a documentary that follows four young Richmond, Virginia girls as they prepare for a dance with their incarcerated fathers.

The documentary follows the four girls visiting their incarcerated fathers in D.C., but the initiative began in Richmond in the city jail in 2012. The documentary Is a look at how families are affected by incarceration.

The initial dance had nothing to do with incarcerated fathers, but when some of the girls couldn't participate because their fathers were in jail, they wrote to the Richmond sheriff with their idea.

Then-Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody agreed, and what followed was a tradition aimed at father-daughter bonding. Ultimately, it helped the daughters, mothers, and fathers begin to heal.

Netflix

Netflix picked up the documentary after it received both the "Festival Favorite" and Audience awards at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival last month.

"Daughters" was co-directed by Richmonder Angela Patton, who founded the "Date With Dad" dance program under the umbrella of her Richmond-based Girls For a Change nonprofit.