Sam Now
{{Short description|Independent Film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Sam Now
| image = Sam_now.jpg
| director = {{Plainlist|
- Reed Harkness
- Jason Reid}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Reed Harkness
- Jason Reid}}
| writer = Reed Harkness
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Doris Harkness
- Jared Harkness
- Jois Harkness
- Randy Harkness
- Reed Harkness
- Sam Harkness}}
| music = Roger Neill
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- ITVS
- Independent Lens
- HA/HA
- 2R Films
- Centripetal Films
- Roped In Productions
- Lucid Visual Media}}
| cinematography = Reed Harkness
| editing = {{plainlist|
- Darren Lund
- Jason Reid}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
- Independent Lens
- 8Above}}
| released = {{Film date|2022|05|01|Hot Docs Film Festival}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
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.
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.{{cite web | last=Darr|first=Brian | date=4 May 2023 | access-date=15 August 2024 | publisher=Independent Lens | title= Sam Now | url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/sam-now/}}{{cite web | last=Carey| first=Matthew | date=20 March 2023 | access-date=14 August 2024|title=A Mother Disappears And A Son Tries To Find Her, For 25 Years: Watch Trailer For 'Sam Now' Ahead Of Theatrical Release | url= https://deadline.com/video/sam-now-trailer-debut-theatrical-release-director-reed-harkness-news/#!| publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/movies/sam-now-review.html | title='Sam Now' Review: When Mom Leaves | date=6 April 2023 | access-date=10 August 2024 | last=Rapold | first=Nicolas | publisher=The New York Times}}
Reception
Sam Now was nominated for a Peabody Award in May 2024.{{Cite web |title=Independent Lens: Sam Now | publisher=Peabody Awards |url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/independent-lens-sam-now/ |access-date=10 August 2024 }}
The film won Best Documentary at the 2022 Zurich Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Sam Now - Zurich Film Festival |url=https://zff.com/en/movies/sam-now |access-date=14 August 2024 | publisher=Zurich Film Festival}}{{cite web |last1=Zee |first1=Jazz Tangcay,Michaela |last2=Tangcay |first2=Jazz |last3=Zee |first3=Michaela |date=27 October 2022 |title=SCAD Savannah Film Festival Announces 2022 Award Winners Film News in Brief |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/scad-savannah-film-festival-announces-2022-award-winners-film-news-in-brief-1235412521/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=Variety.org |publisher=Variety|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vimooz.com/2022/10/01/2022-zurich-film-festival-award-stuntwomen-los-reyes-del-mundo-and-sam-now-win-golden-eye-prizes/|title=STUNTWOMEN, LOS REYES DEL MUNDO and SAM NOW Win Golden Eye Prizes|publisher=VIMOOZ |date=1 October 2022 |access-date=14 August 2024}}{{cite web | title='Sam Now' Filmmakers Discuss 25 Year Journey to Complete a Deeply Personal Documentary | date=4 June 2023 | publisher=Film Independent | url=https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/sam-now-filmmakers-discuss-25-year-journey-to-complete-a-deeply-personal-documentary/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=FilmIndependent.org | last=Hewkin | first=Kristopher}}{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/zurich-winners-laura-moras-the-kings-of-the-world-1235132788/ | date=1 October 2022| access-date=14 August 2024 | last=Goodfellow | first=Melanie | title=Zurich Winners: Laura Mora's 'The Kings Of The World' Takes Top Feature Prize | publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}
The film's editors, Darren Lund and Jason Reid, were nominated for Best Editing at the 2022 International Documentary Association Awards.{{Cite web |last1=Coates |first1=Tyler |date=11 November 2022 |title=IDA Documentary Awards: 'Fire of Love' Leads 2022 Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ida-documentary-awards-2022-nominations-nominees-list-1235259910/ |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=11 November 2022 |title=IDA Documentary Awards 2022 Nominees |url=https://www.documentary.org/awards2022/nominees |access-date=12 August 2024 |publisher=International Documentary Association|language=en}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://samnowmovie.com/}}
- {{IMDb title|tt11742162}}