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Father's Day | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer
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2/13/2025
In this film, Ayana O'Shun investigates the phenomenon of absent fathers in black communities, through her personal stor | dG1fMjM5TVlORlZLVUE
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Papa!
00:03
In fact, the oldest memory I have of my father
00:06
is not only that I was afraid of him,
00:08
but also that I felt like he was not there.
00:09
The predominant feeling in my relationship with him
00:12
is really disgust.
00:13
I'm envious of this feeling of abandonment
00:15
that I felt all those years.
00:17
What often shocks me is that
00:19
when we say that a black father is absent for us,
00:22
it's normal.
00:23
I had long hesitated to make this film
00:25
because I thought that it could strengthen
00:26
the stereotypes associated with black men.
00:28
But we have to talk about it.
00:29
to break the taboos and move forward.
00:32
When fathers are absent,
00:33
when they abandon their responsibilities to their children,
00:36
we know the damage that that does to our families.
00:39
For me, raising a child is bringing it up.
00:42
I had to create my own scale.
00:46
It's a genealogical weapon.
00:48
I am the first generation
00:50
who didn't grow up with their father.
00:53
Everything was done to destroy the concept of family.
00:56
Four centuries of that, and you want a stable society
01:00
of present-day fathers, Western-style.
01:04
But it's as if what you were telling me
01:06
couldn't think of the wounds of the girl I am.
01:13
What do I do with that?
01:15
This film is my card of the Father's Day for you.
01:18
I want to try to transform the wounds I have experienced.
01:22
It must be that forgiveness.
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