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When the Oscar nominations came out last week, the Best Documentary Feature category contained some bombshells: no recognition for two of the most decorated nonfiction films of the year.  In the latest edition of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, co-hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey drill down on the…

Daughters is Natalie Rae and Angela Patton's odyssey documenting Patton's program that empowers girls of incarcerated men yields insight through the subjects themselves — carefree tweens enjoying their chance to just be kids. Aubrey, Santana, Raziah and Ja'Ana open up on camera about cherishing…

TITLE: Daughters Section: U.S. Documentary Competition Directors: Natalie Rae, Angela Patton Logline: 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. Sales Agents: CAA and…

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Kerry Washington is boarding the Sundance documentary Daughters as an executive producer, joining a roster of EPs that includes fellow actor Joel Edgerton, and author-philanthropist Jessica Seinfeld, wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The film directed by Angela Patton and Natalie…