Lucid Visual Media

04/28/2024

We’ve been nominated for a Peabody Award!!! The Peabody Awards represent as media narratives that defend public interest, encourage empathy, and teach us to expand our understanding of the world today.

We’re so honored to see SAM NOW among this year’s nominees. Winners will be announced May 9th!

Check out the rest of the nominees with the link in bio: https://peabodyawards.com/awards/nominees/

06/20/2023

More coverage of Sam Now Movie from the Golden Globes!

Two newly released documentaries, each rooted in home video footage from the early 2000s, illustrate the manner in which personally documented memories can be used in a foundational way to craft nonfiction films that plumb universally relatable themes. While their specific narratives diverge, Anonym...

06/07/2023

SAM NOW is officially available on demand! Rent or download on digital platforms Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu tonight.

More info at https://samnowmovie.com/watch

Much love and gratitude to everyone who supported this project! Remember to leave a review after you watch, rate highly and share widely!

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Now-Harkness/dp/B0BX48HZJF/

Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/movies/details...

Apple TV
https://tv.apple.com/.../umc.cmc.7nnzxkgrbgre9kpywe2x3qb

Vudu
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Sam-Now/2422160

05/09/2023

Now streaming for free on the PBS app and online at https://pbs.org/samnow

What happens when a filmmaker helps his half brother search for his missing mother?

Watch on the PBS App now. https://www.pbs.org/video/sam-now-bgzszf/

05/08/2023

Tonight is the broadcast premiere of Sam Now Movie on Independent Lens | PBS. Tune in live at 10/9c or stream free on the PBS app and online all month long!

Coming-of-age documentary about generational trauma. Sam Harkness's middle-class Seattle family is heartbroken after his mother suddenly leaves them.

05/03/2023

04/07/2023

Overjoyed to share our new film SAM NOW is releasing in theaters and was just selected as a Critic's Pick in The New York Times!

So proud of everyone involved in making this once-in-a-lifetime documentary. Hope you can come out to see Sam Now Movie screenings in Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City and more cities this month!

Sensitive and surprising, Reed Harkness’s documentary follows the reverberations in his family after their mother abruptly departs.

03/21/2023

EXCLUSIVE: Distributor 8 Above will release the acclaimed documentary Sam Now – called a “once-in-a-lifetime movie” by POV magazine – in theaters beginning early next month, according to an announc…

09/16/2022

Sam Now Movie is hitting the film festival circuit this fall!

Screenings: https://samnowmovie.com/watch.html

Announcing a new round of SAM NOW film festival screenings!

Zurich EUROPEAN PREMIERE
https://zff.com/en/archive/89810/

Port Townsend, WA
https://ptfilmfest.com

Crested Butte, CO
https://cbff22.eventive.org/schedule/630bb61bc0f0810061c91494

Bend, OR
https://bendfilmfestival2022.eventive.org/films/62e820be8836d6003d8934b0

New Haven, CT
https://nhdocs2022.eventive.org/films/630cd7bc9446c30029171843

Santa Cruz, CA
https://santacruzfilmfestival.eventive.org/films/6315682136eb5300aa115c8f

Bellingham, WA
https://pickfordfilmcenter.org/sam-now/

Indianapolis, IN
https://hiff2022.eventive.org/schedule/sam-now-631142503016a60030fb1249

Memphis, TN
https://indiememphis.org/imff22-festival-schedule

Full list of festivals, dates, venues, times and links:
https://samnowmovie.com/watch.html

07/31/2022

The new documentary “Sam Now” is a meditation on loss, intergenerational trauma and the stories we tell ourselves about our families.