Mr. and Mrs. David Bagby will be notified of the award, and may request background information on the recipient to facilitate any contact between the recipient and the Bagbys. Right? -, "It's Kate and David Bagby who are the moral center of this film. I mean, the best man is really the groom. January 28, 2008: Kate says everything seemed to be going smoothly, until here. I didn't have. Do you understand? They watched the legal proceedings grind, infuriating and slow. Djing. MORRISON: How'd you feel about having a much younger brother come, Mr. SHEARS: I thought it was great. The legal system helped her kill Zachary. The full hour will not be available online. (David and Kate; photo of Andrew by tape being put into recording device; Ms. TURNER: (Audio recording) Are you babysitting? (Photo of Andrew and Kurt; Kurt editing film; collection of videotapes with, Mr. KUENNE: It was no longer just my search for what was left of, (Collection of videotapes of raw footage), Mr. KUENNE: I thought, I'm kind of the keeper of all this footage that is. But before that could happen, Shirley was apparently deemed neither, dangerous nor a flight risk and almost immediately released on bail, most of, it posted by one of her mentors from med school, a psychiatrist to whom she'd, gone for treatment after Andrew's murder. Dear Zachary had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto, where it was welcomed by a line down the street and around the block to get in. On December 15, 2010, Governor General David Johnston gave Royal Assent to Bill C-464: An Act To Amend the Criminal Code (justification for detention in custody), making it law in Canada. MORRISON: So different from who Andrew really was, a kind, devoted son who made Eagle Scout at 15. In that time, it also becomes clear that Andrews fate is in danger of also becoming his sons. I can understand that. MORRISON: What did you think when you heard that? Unidentified Man #22: We will develop policy specific to children. Sometimes, if you are paying attentionclose attentionyou can see it coming, even if only barely. "Go into this cold and be prepared for a life-changing experience. "This is the purest, most intensely raw film I have ever seen of any kind, dramatic or nonfiction. Mr. BAGBY: I think it was a rage at the person who did this. GARDNER: (Audio recording) Would you be willing to turn the gun into your local police department so they could get it to us to let us look at it? And she followed Andrew to St. John's.. As one friend said, Hes like the blessing Andrew left behind. It was for Zachary that Andrews parents retired, cashed in all their savings and moved from their lifelong home in Pennsylvania to Newfoundland, where Shirley Jane Turner lived. to let out hints that Shirley Turner was the prime suspect. KATE: It was shocking, but not a surprise. Turner killed herself and Zachary before she could be tried for murder. Serious crime is rare in this country. TO ME ITS REAL LIFE. Dear Zachary avoids the first pitfall by directly confronting the second. Sixteen years have passed but for the Bagbysthe story of the deaths of their only son and grandson resurfaces all the time. Instead, the films dramatic nodes are scenes such as the one in which Bagbys parents, David and Kate, recall going to identify their sons body. He said, `What can happen?'. Shirley, held his birthday party at McDonald's. An unusually personal and powerful story of a murder, it may offer something of a counterweight to the forces of bias and prurience that often pull the genre off-track. The only thing about his life that didn't make sense to some friends and family was his relationship with that doctor from Newfoundland, the one he'd started dating when going to medical school there. Bagby came from Sunnyvale, California, and was the son of Kathleen Daphne Bagby ( ne Barnard), a registered nurse and midwife from Chatham, England, United Kingdom; and David Franklin Bagby, an American former United States Navy serviceman and computer engineer. With that powerful, evidence, Shirley Turner was formally charged with Andrew's murder and, arrested by Newfoundland police. MORRISON: Andrew tried to make a clean break with Shirley in October 2001. February 24, 2009: then one day I realized what it was. Shirley Turner had some startling news. Man #26: and for having the strength to make it through, Unidentified Man #27: With what you've been through, to still be, carrying on, still to hold your heads up and keep going and pushing forward is, (Kate and David; photo of David and Kate), Unidentified Woman #13: I think God put some people down on Earth, Mr. A. BAGBY: (Wedding video) We're brothers, and I love you. How do you represent the fact that this 13-month-olds death was preventable? KATE: I thought, `Well, God, this is it.' Bill C-464 when enacted will justify detention in custody for a person accused of a serious crime who is a potential danger to their own minor children. Kuenne is able to capture the true nature of love and dedication in a way I have never seen. Mr. BAGBY: That's one of the options, and that's the one we hoped for. How do you represent the fact that when you see a crime coming from a mile away you still cant do anything to stop it? The committee passed the bill unanimously, which is how it came to be heard in the House for a final vote this week. It also recently screened at the Calgary International Film Festival and the Edmonton International Film Festival to standing ovations from Canadian audiences, where it inspired many audience members to write their Parliament in support of bail reform. I was just gone. Well, you dont have to look far, said Dr. T. Clark Simpson, who worked with Bagby. The apparent culprit was a woman named Shirley Turner, whom Bagby had dated but had broken up with on November 4th, in Latrobe, just before putting her on a plane to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where she lived at the time. You live your life, you create an entire universe around you, you trundle along, and then FUCK. Its been more than 10 years since the Bagbys have been back to Newfoundland and Labrador. Typically, we meet the victim not as a person but as a dismantled puzzle to be put back together by the canny viewer, who is likewise appealed to not as a person hearing about a human catastrophe but as an analytical machine capable of sorting and weighing the relevant facts. They were somewhat successful with the passing of Bill C-464 in December 2010 with the added clause that bail could be denied if it was deemed necessary for the protection of anyone under the age of 18. Very, very serious. Blu-ray: kind of panic sets in, I guess. You take it with you, but you move on, said David.
Slain tot's grandparents welcome new bail law | CBC News It was made to tell a story and to capture forever the life of one man and the many people he touched. He travelled across the country, and to England, to collect these reminiscences, which reveal Bagby to be a caring physician and a beloved and charismatic goofball. I'm tired of this. This report aired Dateline Friday, July 23. She has to veer away from the image and instead see him as a living being. MORRISON: But Shirley would make it tough for Andrew to do that. Because this is foreshadowing. Based on the title alone, it sounds like one of those saccharine documentaries that only the filmmaker and the subject would ever really care about. She was here.' The tragedy here is that even if you do see it coming, that still doesnt mean you can stop it. MP Andrews was spurred on to the creation of this bill after seeing "Dear Zachary" at a March screening in Ottawa to which all Members of Parliament were invited. Dance with the Devil is David Bagby's . I would really like for you and Kate. Mr. KUENNE: You know, he said--she said, `Look, I'm not looking for another husband. Turner, the daughter of a U.S. serviceman and a woman from St. Anthony, met Andrew while they were attending medical school at Memorial University in St. Johns. Mommy misses you. The other, their grandson, Zachary Turner. Also, today MP Scott Andrews of Newfoundland introduced a bill in Parliament for its first reading that proposes a modification to Canada's bail code that would justify detention in custody for a suspect who is a potential danger to their own minor children. Did. USA | Canada | UK, Original poster artwork by Evan B. Harris, Proceeds from this film benefit the Dr. Bagby Scholarship and the Dr. Andrew Bagby and son Zachary Bursary, Watch this short film to see the quest to complete Dear Zachary and amend Canadian bail law. Photo courtesy of David and Kathleen Bagby, dear zachary a letter to a son about his father, Defector Freelancer Policies, Created In Partnership With The National Writers Union. MORRISON: Andrew Bagby. Bill C-464 was introduced in the House of Commons on October 22, 2009, passed the House of Commons unanimously on March 22nd of this year and passed the Senate of Canada last Thursday, December 9th, where it was sponsored by Senator Tommy Banks of Alberta. When he returned to the States, Shirley showed up soon after. If you didnt realize the importance of that, Kuenne mutes the film to let you process it. He was like, `Eh, mm.' MORRISON: And ultimately she sent him away, with no forewarning. Unidentified Man #24: Two I have ever known. Mr. SIMPSON: Andrew, you know you can do a lot better. Here the grandparents are making nice with the woman they believe killed their, son. Amazon | B&N us around. Kate answered the phone, and she couldn't get off the phone for an hour. -, "urgent, furiousadmirably well editedthis incredible, well-researched documentary demonstrates the vast gulf one life can leave behind." And then we'd do it through the lawyers.
'Dear Zachary' Is A Greek Tragedy Come To Life | Defector But two months later, that would change, after Shirley appealed, again to be released on bail. a--with a hand grenade in the kitchen with the pin already pulled. MORRISON: And tell me about your mum with Zachary. get in there, if that's what she demanded. unforgivable and that's just the way it's going to be for the rest of my life. . Through a complicated series of delayed hearings and granted bails, Turner remained free for many months while the decision regarding her extradition was in process. Instead, the film's dramatic nodes are scenes such as the one in which Bagby's parents, David and Kate, recall going to identify their son's body. The upbeat music stops and a little boy who speaks in that lispy slow muckle-mouthed way little boys do, asks, Why did Andrew get killed?. The Bagbys could scarcely believe. What do you want it Mr. BAGBY: Very seriously. They also went to Ottawa to push the case for Bill C-464, which had been introduced by then Liberal MP Scott Andrews, at a committee hearing. MORRISON: Despite it all, the Bagbys were thrilled to be living, with Zachary. (David speaking to reporters; Kate speaking to reporters; David on radio show; "Dear Zachary" poster; Kurt editing video; photo of Andrew; photo of Zachary; Mr. KUENNE: I almost gave up making this film when you were, killed. I sat there. with a supervisor, and we had to be searched. In the, tribute documentary their son's best friend Kurt Kuenne was making to someday, give Zachary, the Bagbys' friends recount how difficult it was for David and. David Bagby will be signing copies of Dance with the Devil on Sunday, January 20th, from 3-4 P.M. at Dolly's Bookstore, 510 Main Street, Park City, Utah. Home video captured what looked like a. typical domestic scene, but beneath these happy images lies a darker truth. Mr. BAGBY: She just kept coming back, and coming back and coming back. It also recently won Best Documentary at the Orlando Film Festival and the Audience Award at the St. Louis International Film Festival. You are born, you grow up, you make friends, you get a job, a partner, a house, maybe a car, maybe a kid, maybe more. If you were to dream up the perfect set of parents, it would be Kate and David Bagby. However awkward Shirley Turner made it, they were sweet, cooperative. A review of Turner's and Zachary's deaths, released in 2006 by Winnipeg-based coroner Peter Markesteyn, concluded the provinces social services system failed Zachary and his death could have been prevented. Oh, my God. When police interviewed the hospital staff Mr. SIMPSON: I said, `Well, you don't have to look far.' MORRISON: Police got Shirley Turner on the phone back in Iowa. Had the case played out in the U.S. court system, they believe Zachary would still be with them. Bagby, that man about whom no one had a bad word, was left lying face down in a Pennsylvania state park with five bullets in him. This is not the worst instance in this story of someone seeing something bad coming but not being able to stop it. Mr. SHEARS: Yeah, I guess it did at the time, but I still didn't have, MORRISON: How difficult must it have been to ingratiate, themselves with their son's suspected killer?
First their son was murdered in Pennsylvania, then their grandson in Cpl. Did anyone have more friends than he? thing, because up until Andrew was murdered, I was a Pollyanna. (Newfoundland; Shears driving; photo of Shirley and Zachary; water at night; Mr. SHEARS: She said Zachary was being fussy and that just driving him, around would calm him down. If nothing else is accomplished with this film, it will absolutely attach you to the too-short life that was Andrew Bagby's, and you're going to be sad that you didn't get a chance to know him -- but glad all the same that you know ABOUT him now."