# Daughters (2024 film)

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.

## 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.

## Reception
### Accolades

| Award | Date | Category | Recipient | Result |
| Sundance Film Festival | January 28, 2024 | U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize | Daughters | Nominated |
| Sundance Film Festival | January 28, 2024 | U.S. Documentary – Audience Award | Daughters | Won |
| Sundance Film Festival | January 28, 2024 | Festival Favorite | Daughters | Won |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Daughters | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best Director | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s) | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Won |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best Score | Kelsey Lu | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best Cinematography | Michael "Cambio" Fernandez | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | November 10, 2024 | Best Editing | Troy Lewis and Adelina Bichiș | Nominated |
| Winter IndieWire Honors | December 5, 2024 | Magnify Award | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Won |
| Astra Film Awards | December 8, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Daughters | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 8, 2024 | Best Documentary | Daughters | Nominated |
| Celebration of Cinema and Television | December 9, 2024 | Documentary Award | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | December 12, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | Daughters | Nominated |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | December 15, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Daughters | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | December 15, 2024 | Best Documentary Feature | Daughters | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | December 18, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | Daughters | 2nd place |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | December 20, 2024 | Best Documentary Film | Daughters | Nominated |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 9, 2024 | Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature | Natalie 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 |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 9, 2024 | Outstanding Debut | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Nominated |
| Cinema Eye Honors | January 9, 2024 | Audience Choice Prize | Daughters | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | February 8, 2025 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries | Natalie Rae and Angela Patton | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 7, 2025 | Best Documentary Film | Daughters | Nominated |