My Dad's Tapes | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

After finding his late father's home videos, Kurtis Watson investigates his dad's 2006 disappearance and death, bringing | dG1fd0Z6RDU3Yjd1RmM

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00:01Hello?

00:02Hey, I just wanted to call you and let you know that I'm, like, starting to film today.

00:10My dad bought a video camera when my oldest sister, Rebecca, was born.

00:14Here I am filming it.

00:16He filmed constantly while his three kids were growing up.

00:19Action!

00:23It's pretty surreal to watch these tapes now.

00:25It's like there's a part of me still in there with him.

00:31Someone who knew my dad told me that I'm just like him.

00:34Finding this out recently made me realize there's a lot I don't know about my dad.

00:39I remember they asked me, like, how did he die?

00:42And I was like, I think he just had something wrong with his brain.

00:45And that was all I was told as a kid.

00:48I definitely had no idea what had happened.

00:54I've never sat down with any of you to really, like, talk about dad.

00:59Like, I need to, like, get you here so we can film with you.

01:04It's been about 15 years now since dad was found dead of an apparent suicide.

01:09No one could understand it.

01:11He gave me no sign of any kind of pain.

01:15I had a dream where I was asking him what happened.

01:20And he wouldn't tell me.

01:22Oh, my God, it's crazy.

01:24It's the big day.

01:28Oh, shit.

01:31Get out of here.

01:33Oh, baby.

01:35Oh.

01:36Why do you think we never talked about what happened together as a family?

01:40To deal with the stress, we built up a wall, like, to protect yourself from the trauma of it.

01:44of it. I didn't cry when my dad died either. That's normal Curtis. He definitely

01:48was the one who taught me how to make fun of it. It brings back a lot of really good memories.

01:52There's just no reason to me. It's mental illness. You think it's common with men.

01:57Stigma is a huge trigger. This feels like a therapy session Curtis. It basically is.

02:04What we're doing here is a good thing for Curtis and for our family right? I feel good about it.