{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Deep Focus Review","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com","author_name":"Brian Eggert","author_url":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/author\/dfrbeggert\/","title":"MSPIFF 2024 \u2013 Dispatch 2","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fqT4Y4nxUu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/mspiff-2024-dispatch-2\/\">MSPIFF 2024 \u2013 Dispatch 2<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/mspiff-2024-dispatch-2\/embed\/#?secret=fqT4Y4nxUu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;MSPIFF 2024 \u2013 Dispatch 2&#8221; &#8212; Deep Focus Review\" data-secret=\"fqT4Y4nxUu\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"These films were screened at the 43rd Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF43), which runs from April 11-25. Check here for the full lineup and check back for additional dispatches. Select films reviewed below will receive separate full-length writeups, some for their wider release, some exclusive to Deep Focus Review&#8217;s Patreon. In the meantime, here are some first impressions. Daughters Daughters, Angela Patton and Natalie Rae\u2019s deeply moving documentary about the \u201cDate with Dad\u201d prison program, explores the vital connection between fathers and their daughters. CEO of the nonprofit Girls for a Change, Patton spearheaded the program, which gives men convicted of a crime a rare opportunity to bond with their daughters. The film informs us that most prisons have stopped allowing \u201ctouch visits\u201d for incarcerated persons, preferring instead to monetize visits in a shamefully exploitative practice of charging families for video calls. What Patton\u2019s program does is allow fathers and daughters to meet and reinforce their bonds through touch, a proven component of growth and development for children.\u00a0 The focus of Daughters is four girls among a group of many who feel a spectrum of emotions about their fathers, including separation anxiety, frustration, and a desperate yearning to [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mspiff-2024-6-848x1024.png"}