The Ditchdigger's Daughters

The Ditchdigger's Daughter's is the inspiring portrait by a loving daughter of an unusual man who was as clearheaded as he was ambitious and determined. Working two full-time jobs-and with the help of his equally remarkable wife, who worked as a cleaning woman-Donald thornton formed his bright and talented girls into a rythm-and-blues band that played Harlem's Apollo Theater, at the same time ensuring that each of them completed her education and rose to stand on equal terms with anyone, man or woman, black or white.