And at the very start of the documentary, it delves into Barrow's relationship with his father, Dean Barrow. The former PM admitted to essentially abandoning his son, and Barrow's mother speculated that her son was looking for that father figure in his life.
But decades later, Barrow says the relationship between him and his father has long been mended, even before the documentary. In fact, he explained that it's the only reason the former PM agreed to be featured in it.
Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition
"The relationship has already been mended and everything that I say in the documentary is the gospel. When they spoke to my father, he told the story, he did not shy away from the mistakes that he has made. I chose not to focus and to beat him down because the truth is there but there are many people who don't know the truth and so I actually am grateful that we have such a strong relationship despite our disagreements on many policy matters which is the beauty of relationships and the beauty of having the father that I have that is not a micromanager, that is not someone that has manufactured my life. Everything you see, with the help of God and the help of many people, including my father, he has given advice, Michael Finnegan has given advice, everyone has contributed somehow but my father and I don't share the relationship where I am reading off a script that he wrote or he's over there pulling strings and jumping in front of buses to save me. He pretty 
much stands by and if I ask for advice, sometimes he doesn't even take the advice that he gives me, and he cusses me out, and tell me, why you ask for the advice and you're not listening? But we love each other still and I believe one of the things I decided a long time ago was to love my father and my mother and honor them with no expectations for any return, my blessings would come from the heavens and so I treat with my mom and my dad in a fashion where I just love them."
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