Daddy Don't Go

Captured over two years, “Daddy Don’t Go” is a feature length documentary about four disadvantaged fathers in New York City as they struggle to beat the odds and defy the deadbeat dad stereotype.

The official site of the feature length documentary "Daddy Don't Go" directed by Emily Abt. Captured over two years, “Daddy Don’t Go” is a feature length documentary about four disadvantaged fathers in New York City as they struggle to beat the odds and defy the deadbeat dad stereotype. 

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PREVIOUS FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2017 - February 19, 2017 - Missoula, MT

Flagler Film Festival - January 13 - 15, 2017 - Flagler, FL

Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona 2016 - November 26 - December 10, 2016 - Barcelona, Spain

Rahway International Film Festival 2016 - October 21 - 23, 2016 - Rahway, NJ 

Orlando Film Festival 2016 - October 19 - 23, 2016 - Orlando, FL

Ellensburg Film Festival 2016 - October 7 - 9, 2016 - Ellensburg, WA

Korean American Film Festival New York 2016 - October 15, 2016 - Brooklyn, NY 

Twin Cities Black Film Festival 2016 - October 6 - 9, 2016 - Minneapolis, MN

Princeton Independent Film Festival 2016 - September 29, 2016 - Princeton, NJ 

Raindance Film Festival 2016 - September 27, 2016 - London, UK

Urbanworld Film Festival 2016 - September 24, 2016 - New York, NY

Full Bloom Film Festival 2016 - September 22 - 24, 2016 - Statesville, NC

Frame4Frame Film Festival 2016 - September 18, 2016 - Arlington, TX

Boardwalk Film Festival 2016 - September 16 - 18, 2016 - Asbury Park, NJ

Harlem International Film Festival 2016 - September 14 - 17 - Harlem, NY

Fatherhood Image Film Festival 2016 - August 23 - 27, 2016 - Harlem, NY

Black Cat Picture Show 2016 - August 19 - 21, 2016 - Augusta, GA

Hip Hop Film Festival NYC 2016 - August 6, 2016 - Bloomfield, NJ 

Roxbury International Film Festival 2016 - June 25, 2016 - Boston, MA

Hoosierdance International Film Festival 2016 - June 23 - 25, 2016 - Kokomo, IN

American Black Film Festival 2016 - June 17, 2016 - Miami, FL

Santa Cruz Film Festival 2016 - June 5, 2016 - Santa Cruz, CA

The People's Film Festival 2016 - June 4, 2016 - Harlem, NY

The Fatherhood Film Festival (Presented by Fatherhood Incorporated) - April 29, 2016 - Atlanta, GA

Cleveland International Film Festival 2016 - April 7, 2016 & April 9, 2016 - Cleveland, OH

DOC NYC Film Festival 2015 - November 14, 2015 & November 17, 2015 - New York, NY

PREVIOUS OUTREACH SCREENINGS

Human Resources Administration/Office of Child Support Enforcement - Nov 2017 - NYC

Child Support Director’s Association - May 2017 - Sacramento, CA

Annual Families and Fathers National Conference - February 28, 2017 - Los Angeles, CA

Nurturing Fathers Program - September 21, 2016 - Schenectady, NY

Dads Cry Too - July 23, 2016 - Largo, MD

Osborne Association - June 21, 2016 - Bronx, NY

Families First of Colorado - June 15, 2016 - Denver, CO

Bronx Defenders Community Screening - June 2, 2016 - Bronx, NY

Good Shepard Services - May 18, 2016 - Bronx, NY 

The Doe Fund/Ready, Willing & Able - March 21, 2016 - Brooklyn, NY

Girls for a Change's Date With Dad Weekend - March 11 - 13, 2016 - Richmond, VA