Sam Now . FIlm School Radio interview with Director Reed Harkness & Producer Jason Reid

Reed Harkness’ hauntingly emotional debut feature documentary SAM NOW poses the question, “What happens when a boy and his brother go on a road trip in search of their missing mom?” Filmed over an expanse of 25 years, two brothers go on a 2,000-mile road trip to solve a family mystery. Shooting on nearly every camera format imaginable, from hand-developed Super-8 film to Arri 4K, Sam Harkness and his older half-brother Reed use their creative world of fiction filmmaking to dive headfirst into dealing with the issue at hand: Sam’s mom is missing. Sam’s wetsuit and mask wearing alter ego, the Blue Panther, bounds into frame with youthful energy and a heroic spirit of adventure. But can the Blue Panther save the day? And are these fun-loving brothers actually ready for what lies ahead? Cracking the case of Sam's mom's disappearance is only the beginning  of their story. As Sam grows up, the optimistic boy with his heart set on finding his mom becomes a man whose new hope is to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma. Director / Producer / Cinematographer Reed Harkness and Producer / Editor Jason Reid join us for a conversation on how they both became filmmakers, a friendship dating back to childhood, how and when Reed realized that his archive of family footage and film collaborations with his brother Sam became the emotional subtext in a search for their mom who walked out of their lives in order to save her own. For more go to: samnowmovie.com