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Sociologists have long commented on the plight of the fatherless Black family. But Marco Williams '81 has a uniquely personal perspective to offer: The young filmmaker's first documentary details his struggle to find his own father...
...Search of Our Fathers," which will air on PBS tomorrow at 9 p.m., tells the story of Williams' fatherless upbringing through the eyes of his family members, Williams said in an interview this month...
Williams said that the film is not just about his own experiences but about all Black fatherless families...
...think we have to stop traditional values that make us think [a fatherless family] is wrong, Williams added. "Who I am is a by-product of a single woman...
These kids, most of whom I spoke with over those three months, were the product of declining America. At least 60 percent came from fatherless households. Some dealt drugs before work. In the back of their minds, the other kids knew that for all their hard work they would make about one tenth, if not less, of what the dealers made that...