Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

[Chris Slack]

An incredible documentary! This is one powerful film, if it does not affect one emotionally in some way they would have to be dead. I was quite shaken up by the end as it was quite sad but it was also a testimony to determination and human will. This is now available on Netflix, instant view and rental. See it now.

"On November 5, 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby was murdered in a parking lot in western Pennsylvania; the prime suspect, his ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, promptly fled the United States for St. John’s, Canada, where she announced that she was pregnant with Andrew’s child. She named the little boy Zachary. Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne, Andrew’s oldest friend, began making a film for little Zachary as a way for him to get to know the father he’d never meet. But when Shirley Turner was released on bail in Canada and was given custody of Zachary while awaiting extradition to the U.S., the film’s focus shifted to Zachary’s grandparents, David & Kathleen Bagby, and their desperate efforts to win custody of the boy from the woman they knew had murdered their son. What happened next, no one ever could have foreseen…"

Trailer at http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/dearzachary/

[Evil Red]

Sounds interesting, thanks.

[Irrylath]

I'm hooked. I'll have to check this out. Thanks!

[shannon]

I watched this a few months back on TV & it was phenomenal.

[DylanDog]

Thanks for the recommendation! This was indeed a most powerful film. Just thinking about nearly a week later still gets me a bit choked up.