Oct 31, 2008
95 min
Full-HD

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

Category

Documentary Crime

Country

United States of America

Companies

MSNBC Films

Kurt Kuenne

Self (voice)

Andrew Bagby

Self (archive footage)

David Bagby

Self - Father

Kathleen Bagby

Self - Mother

Shirley Turner

Self - Ex-Girlfriend (archive footage)

Zachary Andrew Turner

Self - Son (archive footage)

Heather Arnold

Self - Former Fiance

Jon Atkinson

Self - Friend

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