Prison-Set Documentary ‘Daughters’ To Close Inaugural San Quentin Film Festival, First Cinematic Festival Ever Held Behind Bars

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EXCLUSIVE: Daughters, the award-winning Netflix documentary set behind the walls of a Washington DC prison, will serve as the closing night selection of a new film festival taking place at California’s San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

The film, winner of the Festival Favorite Award as well as the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at Sundance, centers on a special “Daddy-Daughter Dance” where incarcerated men and their daughters participate in a unique and emotional bonding experience.

It will screen October 11 at the San Quentin Film Festival, a two-day event on the grounds of the prison that houses upwards of 4,000 inmates (the facility, which changed its name last year from San Quentin State Prison, includes sections ranging from minimum- to maximum-security). “We are honored to have Daughters screen as the Closing Night film in San Quentin!” said Natalie Rae, who directed the documentary with Angela Patton. “To connect incarcerated fathers and their daughters is our mission and this screening shows that together we can break down those barriers.

This is a film for and by these fathers and daughters, so this is exactly where it should be.” Patton, CEO of Girls For A Change, stated, “I am deeply honored to have Daughters as the Closing Night selection at the San Quentin Film Festival.