Father's Day | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

In this film, Ayana O'Shun investigates the phenomenon of absent fathers in black communities, through her personal stor | dG1fMjM5TVlORlZLVUE

Transcript

00:00Papa!

00:03In fact, the oldest memory I have of my father

00:06is not only that I was afraid of him,

00:08but also that I felt like he was not there.

00:09The predominant feeling in my relationship with him

00:12is really disgust.

00:13I'm envious of this feeling of abandonment

00:15that I felt all those years.

00:17What often shocks me is that

00:19when we say that a black father is absent for us,

00:22it's normal.

00:23I had long hesitated to make this film

00:25because I thought that it could strengthen

00:26the stereotypes associated with black men.

00:28But we have to talk about it.

00:29to break the taboos and move forward.

00:32When fathers are absent,

00:33when they abandon their responsibilities to their children,

00:36we know the damage that that does to our families.

00:39For me, raising a child is bringing it up.

00:42I had to create my own scale.

00:46It's a genealogical weapon.

00:48I am the first generation

00:50who didn't grow up with their father.

00:53Everything was done to destroy the concept of family.

00:56Four centuries of that, and you want a stable society

01:00of present-day fathers, Western-style.

01:04But it's as if what you were telling me

01:06couldn't think of the wounds of the girl I am.

01:13What do I do with that?

01:15This film is my card of the Father's Day for you.

01:18I want to try to transform the wounds I have experienced.

01:22It must be that forgiveness.