Daughters: Documentary shows 'profound' impact of dance event in prisons

A new documentary follows a group of inmates at a US prison - and the children they rarely get to see.

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The men who are filmed for Daughters, which has just screened at the Sheffield Documentary Festival, are serving sentences of several years, if not decades, in Washington DC.

Viewers aren't told why the men are in jail - their crimes are not the point. Instead, the film is built around a forthcoming father-daughter dance, an event which involves lunch, dancing and other activities, and takes place in the repurposed prison gymnasium.

The documentary shines a light on the importance of in-person visits, and the crucial role fathers can play as their daughters progress into womanhood.

The daddy-daughter dance, as it's known, was spearheaded by Virginia-based community activist Angela Patton, who co-directs the film with Natalie Rae.

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