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“Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father” . . . A Documentary

November 5th, 2009 Posted in Featured, Stef Ann Holm Blog by Stef Ann

When we were in Boston, my husband and I selected the in-room movie service to watch.  We chose this documentary based on the trailer.  I haven’t heard of the movie, but the material sounded like something you’d view on 20/20 or 48 Hours.  Wrong.  This film was the most emotionally startling we have ever encountered.  Nothing could have prepared us for the story that unfolded and held us in its grip.

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To view the trailer, click here:  

http://dearzachary.com/trailer/index.php

To read more about the movie, click here:

http://dearzachary.com

Warning:  This film is all things–touching, heart-warming, tragic, unjust, shocking.  Profanity is graphic at times, but not gratuitous.  You will be pulled in a hundred pieces, you will have a foreshadowing of things to come, and be helpless to change the outcome.  Just when I thought I knew how it would end, the director took me in another direction and I sat in silence, crying and beyond disbelief.  My husband and I were so emotionally challenged . . . changed . . . we could hardly speak as the credits rolled.

The love in the film for the subjects is clear, and nobody other than the director/writer could have made this movie.

It’s available for purchase directly on the site or via Amazon.com in the US.  I also noticed it’s available at Netflix.


  1. tarah says:

    wow, this was so sad!! watched on netflix for free.
    tears….

  2. Stef Ann says:

    Yes, very sad and lots of tears, but also in its own way, extremely inspiring.

  3. Clytie Mager Mclaughlin says:

    I received this from Neflix and it was so wonderfully created by his friend. What a beautiful life and story about what love means. I felt so terribly sad for his folks and friends, but so honored that this film was available for me. I will pray that God will keep all close to him and spare them all any future sorrows.
    Love ya,……………T