Daddy and Papa is a documentary that is ultimately about
normality but because of our society, becomes revolutionary. It is impossible
to deny the love of the families we see in Daddy and Papa. That love goes
against an incredible amount of ideals and norms still held by so many people. Our
common definition of family is really so incredibly narrow. This movie shows us
how much. The families here are strong across blood, across race and across class.
The gay men we see here truly challenge all narrow stereotypes of not just what
gay men are but what fathers are.
The truly painful part of this movie is seeing how these
families are hurt and what they struggle against; to see how they are hurt by
societal standards. One of the hardest hitting parts of the movie for me was
when one of the fathers wondered what would hurt his son the most – being a
child of gay parents or being black. Both of these are things that should be truly
arbitrary to the state of a person’s life. They should not dictate your well-being
or your happiness. And knowing and loving the families in this movie, it is
horrible burden to know that they do.
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