(Info from press release)
Filmed Over 25 Years, SAM NOW Follows Sam Harkness and His Brother Reed as They Embark on a Journey to Find Their Missing Mother
Theatrical Opening Begins April 7 in New York and Los Angeles
National Select Cities to Follow
The award-winning documentary SAM NOW released their theatrical trailer and poster today and announced the first set of theatrical opening cinemas. The film will be theatrically distributed by 8 Above with week-long runs beginning April 6 at the Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles and on April 7 at the Village East Cinemas in New York. The director, lead subject and members of the filmmaking team will be in attendance for opening weekends in Los Angeles and New York. A nationwide expansion will follow in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Portland and other select markets. The film will launch its National TV Broadcast on PBS Independent Lens on May 8, 2023.
What do two film-obsessed brothers do to solve a family mystery? Using every video format imaginable, they make a movie as they travel thousands of miles looking for their missing mom. Stitching together 25 years of home videos and filling the gaps in the archive with play, SAM NOW is a mosaic of love, longing and loss, as well as an attempt to overcome intergenerational trauma.
“I am excited that SAM NOW will be opening in theaters,” states the film’s director Reed Harkness. "As a teen, I watched every independent film I could get my hands on from the local video store. I loved coming-of-age movies. I loved Truffaut and Apted. But nothing existed quite like what I really wanted to see, so over the next 25 years, I made this movie. It's totally, exactly the film I’ve wanted to see. I hope that anyone who watches SAM NOW can find a piece of themselves within it.”
SAM NOW is a HA/HA Production produced by Reed Harkness and Jason Reid, and co-produced with ITVS and 2R Productions. The film is executive produced by Lois Vossen and Sally Jo Fifer for ITVS and Andy McDonough, Colin Harper Plank, David J. Cornfield and D.D. Wigley. The film features an original score from Roger Neill and is edited by Darren Lund and Jason Reid. Heather Hawksford and Adam Spiro Brown are co-producers with cinematography by Reed Harkness. The soundtrack features music by The Sonics, The Wailers, Dead Moon, Porcelain Raft, Smog, Kath Bloom, Styrofoam and Teengenerate.
SAM NOW
In Theaters In New York And Los Angeles April 7,
National Select City Release To Follow
