Sam Now

Sam Now is an American 2022 feature documentary directed by Reed Harkness about his brother, Sam Harkness. It chronicles Sam's life for over twenty-five years. The film was made using many camera formats of Super-8, VHS, Mini DV, Super16, HD and Arri Alexa.

Sam Now
Directed by	Reed Harkness Jason Reid
Written by	Reed Harkness
Produced by	Reed Harkness Jason Reid
Starring	Doris Harkness Jared Harkness Jois Harkness Randy Harkness Reed Harkness Sam Harkness
Cinematography	Reed Harkness
Edited by	Darren Lund Jason Reid
Music by	Roger Neill
Production companies	ITVS Independent Lens HA/HA 2R Films Centripetal Films Roped In Productions Lucid Visual Media
Distributed by	Independent Lens 8Above
Release date	May 1, 2022 (2022-05-01) (Hot Docs Film Festival)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

Two half-brothers in Seattle, Washington, Reed Harkness and Sam Harkness, go on a 2,000-mile road trip to find Sam's missing mother. Along with vérité footage, Reed used a range of fictional films and home movies to document Sam and their journey with the hope to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma.^[1][2][3]

Reception

Sam Now was nominated for a Peabody Award in May 2024.^[4]

The film won Best Documentary at the 2022 Zurich Film Festival.^{[5][6][7][1][8][9]} The film's editors, Darren Lund and Jason Reid, were nominated for Best Editing at the 2022 International Documentary Association Awards.^[10][11]