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The Dads

Luchina Fisher (Director)

Filmmaker: Luchina Fisher (Director)
Envoy: TBD

Synopsis: Six fathers of diverse backgrounds gather for a weekend of fishing, and sharing ideas of how to better support their beloved trans children.

This is a Netflix title which will need to be streamed or downloaded from the Netflix platform directly and may not always be available in your country. Subtitle availability is subject to what is on your local Netflix platform. This title cannot be screened in China or Russia. 


About the Filmmaker:


Luchina Fisher is the Emmy Award-winning director of The Dads, a short documentary about five fathers of trans kids bonding on a weekend fishing trip. The film, executive produced by Dwyane Wade and acquired by Netflix, won the 2024 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Program and GLAAD’s Special Recognition Award. Her feature directorial debut, Mama Gloria, about a Black trans elder activist, was nominated for a 2022 GLAAD Media Award and broadcast on PBS. Luchina is also the director of several award-winning documentaries and two scripted shorts films, and teaches documentary filmmaking at Yale University.