THE DADS:

Feature Documentary

A film about fathers, for families everywhere

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Inspired by the Emmy®-Award-winning NETFLIX short film The Dads feature documentary follows fathers across the U.S. building a nascent movement to support their trans and gender expansive kids over the course of a politically tumultuous year. As anti-trans legislation and hostility escalate in the United States, the dads are forced to make an impossible choice: stay and fight or flee the country.

Three men sitting on a bench, each holding a photo of a woman, with a vibrant, artistic background of mountains, trees, flowers, and colorful butterflies.

Why this film

matters

At a moment when trans families are increasingly targeted, this film offers a counter-narrative rooted in love. Fathers speaking openly about their children’s dignity has the power to reshape public opinion and shift cultural understanding nationwide.

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THE PRODUCTION TEAM

luchina fisher

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Luchina Fisher is the Emmy Award-winning director and producer of The Dads (Netflix) and the GLAAD-nominated feature documentary Mama Gloria (PBS). She also teaches filmmaking at Yale and Fairfield University.
Stephen Chukumba

PRODUCER
Stephen Chukumba, is the founder and Executive Director of The Dads Foundation, a national organization supporting fathers and male caregivers of gender expansive children. Stephen is raising and amplifying the voices, issues and concerns of fathers of gender-expansive people and their families nationwide.
Dwyane Wade

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Dwyane Wade is a former NBA Hall of Fame basketball player, business mogul, father and dedicated social justice activist. He founded the two-time Emmy winning, Oscar- and Tony-nominated production company 59th & Prairie Entertainment.