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Every third Sunday in June, we get a special day to celebrate the fathers in our lives who inspire the Gen-Z fashion trends , help us with homework, and answer the phone when we need help with problems big and small. Father's Day is all about celebrating the dads and father figures who make our lives special. It's a day filled with gratitude and a few dad jokes. For this Father’s Day, let's take a look at the story of Bobby Burnette from the 1987 film Daddy , a movie that’s all about the unexpected twists and turns of becoming a father.  In Daddy , starring Dermot Mulroney and Patricia Arquette, a carefree high schooler named Bobby Burnette lives the teenage dream until his world is flipped upside down when his ex-girlfriend, Stacy, is pregnant. Suddenly, Bobby’s life shifts from worrying about school dances and football games to worrying about diapers and baby names.  At first, Bobby and Stacy hope they can handle this new responsibility. They plan to navigate this new ...

As Father's Day and Juneteenth coincide this year, it provides  TheArchive  an opportunity to feature our favorite content celebrating black fathers. We start with a  A Fight for Jenny , where we meet Kelsey and her new husband as they fight against her racist ex-boyfriend who attempts to sue for full custody of their young daughter. Now Kelsey and her husband must battle injustice to get her back. A Fight for Jenny stars father of 11, Philip Michael Thomas along with Lesley Ann Warren and Jean Smart. In On the Streets of L.A. an estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates and are forced to depend on each other. Emmy winning Georg Stanford Brown and father of three directs Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, and Rae Dawn Chong. In  Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story , we see Natalie Cole wrestle with the legacy of her father the late great Nat King Cole and the "unforgettable"...