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Should you watch Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father?

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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Documentary · 2008

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

The sides of Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

  • A film made as a letter to a baby boy
  • Friends remembering one man one by one
  • Grandparents fighting for their grandson

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father is good for you if…

  • you want a film that will take you apart.
  • you like a documentary built from home movies and the voices of friends.
  • you want grandparents and their grandson at the centre.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father is bad for you if…

  • a murder and a family in grief are too much for you.
  • you need a documentary that ends with some hope.

About: grief · memory · parental love

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