Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Overview
On Nov. 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 United States, the film's focus shifted to Zachary's grandparents, David and 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 could have foreseen.
Production MSNBC Films;
Cast Names Jan Mills; Darlene Nelville; Michelle Pualuan; Dr. Suzanne Putnam; Rhonda Ridenhour; Dr. Jennifer Shaulis; Sue Sheraga; Carol Stein; Jon Atkinson; Dr. Leslie Thomas; Bob Bagby; Dr. Sherri-Lynn Tucker; Gail Welsh; Pat Bagby; Jason Baldwin; Derek Barnard; John Barnard; Paul Barnard; Pete Barnard; Dr. John Bertolino; Dr. David Billings; Dr. Ian Bowmer; Dr. John Doucet; Dr. Ken Eckhert; Karl (XI) Fischer; Olivier Galgani; Derek Green; Himanshu; James (XXX); Mack Janke;
Release Date 2008-01-01 * (Slamdance Film Festival) 2008-10-12 (Indie Memphis Film Festival) 2008-10-31 (New York City, New York) 2008-11-07 (Los Angeles, California) 2008-11-07 (Chicago, Illinois) 2008-11-15 (Portland, Oregon) 2008-11-21 (Nashville, Tennessee) 2008-11-28 (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 2008-12-05 (San Jose, California) 2009-02-24 (DVD premiere)
Genres Documentary; Crime; Drama;
Running Time 1 hr. 35 min.
Director Kurt Kuenne
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