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I really enjoyed In search of our Fathers. I felt Marco's pain and I admired him for going after his dream.His Dad wasn't a very nice person in my opinion and he had to see that for himself. My husband and a Friend would like to see this work.I could relate to this film in many ways.It made me think about issues that I may have to deal with one of these days.I could relate to Marco's Mom.I admire her for going to France to follow her dreams.I think that she did a great job of raising Marco.

This film is an excellent rendering of one human being's journey to investigate his own identity by searching out a father he never knew. I was quite struck by Williams' willingness to expose such poignant and personal moments between he and his parents, as well as a look into his own experience of becoming an independent artist in and out of Harlem after spending much of his childhood at a highly exclusive prep school where, it appears, the young man rarely saw any black faces besides his own. I found this film impressive in its candid, sensitive and intelligent depiction of so personal and delicate a subject.

I recommend "In Search of Our Fathers" to all who enjoy documentaries, as well as to anyone long estranged from a parent or from the "parentage" of their own race and history.