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This image, provided by Netflix, is a scene from “Daughters.”

This image, provided by Netflix, is a scene from “Daughters.”

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Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at a dance in Netflix doc

Angela Patton has devoted her career to listening to the needs of young girls. Over a decade ago, the CEO of the nonprofit Girls For a Change and founder of Camp Diva Leadership Academy helped start a program in Richmond, that created a daddy-daughter dance for girls whose fathers are in prison. The “Date With Dad” idea wasn’t hers, however. It came from a 12-year-old Black girl.