A story of revenge, vengeance, love and loss, Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father beautifully designed in all of these characteristics and left you empathizing the whole way through. A night last week I was scrolling through Netflix trying to find a good movie that caught my attention; I scrolled through new releases, drama, comedy, even Top picks. I quickly came across documentaries and remembered that we were focusing on this genre in my film class. I scrolled through the many different subsections of documentaries when one in particular caught my gaze. It read Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father. I read the quick synopsis and began the ride through this beautifully put together film. I started this film halfheartedly and it quickly took my heart. It was a story about a murder of a man, Andrew Bagby by his girlfriend Shirley. After the murder she tries to convince everyone that the incident had anything to do with he; although, all traces point back to Miss Shirley. She quickly fled to Canada and four months later calls up the parents of Andrew and states that she is pregnant with his baby. Once the parents find out this fact so does everyone else that Andrew impacted while he was living. They all step up and support the parents in every way that is possible and Andrew's best friend starts making this documentary for the child that Andrew and Shirley have conceived. He does everything he can to make it so that this child has at least a little slice of his father and has an idea of what a great man he was. The people of this film were real people that new Andrew Bagby; the director was Kirk Kuenne. Kirk also narrated the film, we got to visually view him as well. I believe that this added to the film because seeing him noted that we was really there and a real person. You could also see the hurt in his eyes and face. You could also tell how much he loved Andrew Bagby.
This documentary was beautiful; it made you feel great while also bringing you to tears, feeling empathy for the poor parents of Andrew Bagby. If I were to rate it i would have to give it 4.5 out of 5 stars. It was beautiful for being made by the best friend of Andrew; although, it is not the best documentary I have ever seen.
