Independent Lens · SEASON 24
Sam Now
Episode 14 · 2023-05-08

- Documentary
Episode overview
In this coming-of-age documentary about generational trauma, follow Sam Harkness from age 11 to 36 as his middle-class Seattle family is heartbroken and unsure of what to do after his mother suddenly leaves them. Woven together with home movies lovingly crafted by Sam’s half brother, director Reed Harkness, witness a boy grow up grappling with the ripple effects of a singular traumatic event.
85 minutes
Season 24 episodes
1. Hazing2022-09-12
2. TikTok, Boom.2022-10-24
3. Move Me2022-11-07
4. Children of Las Brisas2023-01-02
5. The Big Payback2023-01-16
6. No Straight Lines2023-01-23
7. The Picture Taker2023-01-30
8. Outta the Muck2023-02-06
9. Love in the Time of Fentanyl2023-02-13
10. Storming Caesars Palace2023-03-20
11. Hidden Letters2023-03-27
12. Free Chol Soo Lee2023-04-24
13. Matter of Mind: My ALS2023-05-01
14. Sam Now2023-05-08
15. Silent Beauty2023-05-15
16. Mama Bears2023-06-20