Nominee 2023

Independent Lens: Sam Now

HA/HA Films, 2R Productions, ITVS

A boy helps his half-brother search for his missing mother in this coming-of-age documentary about generational trauma, following Sam Harkness from age 11 to 36 as his middle-class Seattle family is heartbroken and bewildered after his mother suddenly leaves them.

PRIMARY PRODUCTION CREDITS

Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Andy McDonough, Colin Harper Plank, David J. Cornfield. Producers: Reed Harkness, Jason Reid, Darren Lund. Director: Reed Harkness. Editors: Jason Reid, Darren Lund. Cinematography: Reed Harkness. Sound/Music: Roger Neill.