Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son, About His Father.

This is maybe the most incredibly powerful documentary I have ever seen.

Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne's "Dear Zachary" is maybe the most personal documentary that a filmmaker could ever be unfortunate enough to make.
Why unfortunate?
Because it details the life, and murder, of his friend Dr. Andrew Bagby.

What Kuenne set out to do was create a living memorial to his friend, for Bagby's son Zachary, who would never know his Father. He did his best to document who Andrew was...to his friends...his co-workers...and his family, so that his son Zachary could one day know what his father meant to the people whose lives he touched.

His son Zachary.....who is mothered by the person who murdered Andrew.
A woman, who Andrew's parents Kate and David, would have to interact with in order to see their grandchild....all the while KNOWING that she killed their son.

THAT is what Kuenne set out to do.
But his work unintentionally becomes something so much more.

I don't want to get into too much detail because the power of this film comes from watching the story unravel before your eyes, and I hate even describing it that way, because it treats the subject matter as if it's "The Sixth Sense", while this is people's REAL lives that we're discussing.

I will say this much.....
If you can watch this film without tearing up...you have no soul.

It's available now on DVD and is on Netfilx's Instant Streaming.

The Trailer