I thought I was making a story about race, about identity, about family and fatherhood, about America and our broken family that needs to reconcile if we hope to survive.
(soft wind instruments) And it was, and it is about all those things.
But ultimately, it was about facing my father's death.
(papers flipping) And what my big sister, Travisten, taught me is we don't run from fear.
I was about to repeat the same thing that I did when my dad was sick, which is I ran.
And instead of running away, I ran to it.
(small plane engine) (footsteps on wet pavement) (door creaking open) - He's back.
(laughing) Hello.
- Hello.
Hey Fray.
(laughing) He knew that by filming his last months on earth, he would be able to share something more intimate and more vulnerable than we're used to seeing.
[Background chatter] - Yeah.
- So if you were talking to Fray... - Fray hoped that in sharing this with you, there might be something here to help us all with our journey in this world.