You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the Directors for Daughters, Natalie Ray and Angela Patton.

Earth takes one year to circle around sun.

He'll keep going.

You'll never stop.

One. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, I see my dad.

I don't remember nothing about my father.

Okay, ma'am.

Nothing at all.

These girls just needed a way to invite their fathers into their lives on their own terms.

Natalie, Angela, thank you both so much for your time here today to talk to me about what is

one of my favorite documentary films of the year, Daughters.

Thanks for having us.

Thank you.

Thank you both so, so much.

I thought this was such a unique perspective, first and foremost, because usually when I hear

a setup like this and I head into a documentary based on this premise, I expect to see the story being told predominantly from the perspectives of the inmates within the prison.

I feel like most stories will typically take that perspective. However, you do a really great job of showcasing the perspective of daughters back home and how much this connection means to them not having

their father's presence in their lives. So can you just tell me a little bit about that being

the focal point in the heart of this movie?

Yes. Well, when Natalie reached out to me and invited me to co-direct the film with her,

I was, I guess, relieved because I was contacted by many other filmmakers and they wanted to tell the

exact story you mentioned, really focusing on the jail, you know, the men in jail and having access to the prison or jail. They were really

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