Santa Cruz Film Festival Opening Night Film and Party! Sam Now Screening
Schedule
Thu Oct 06 2022 at 06:30 pm
Location
Scotts Valley Performing Arts Center | Scotts Valley, CA
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Celebrate the opening of the 18th Santa Cruz Film Festival!Screening Thursday October 6, 2022 at the Scotts Valley Performing Arts Center
Address: 251-B Kings Village Road Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Film Starts at 7:30pm
After-Party: 9pm to 10:30pm
Community Center - Scotts Valley CA
Address: 360 Kings Village Rd, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Synopsis:
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? Solving the mystery of his mom’s disappearance is only the beginning of their story.
The documentary uses a hybrid narrative approach, drawing from a vast archive of fictional films, home videos, intimate family interviews and vérité scenes from over the decades. Sobering revelations blend with playful home movies and vibrant experimental filmmaking by brother and director Reed Harkness. The brothers take a spontaneous road trip in search of answers. We learn of Sam’s mother Jois’ complicated adoption history from Japan. We experience the ripple effects on the Harkness family including Sam’s brother Jared, father Randy and grandma Doris. And we are there with Sam coming of age from 11 to 36.
SAM NOW is about growth. The film balances heavy themes and emotional reckonings with buoyant energy and lighthearted spirit. The optimistic teenage Sam we get to know, with his heart set on finding his mom, grows into a man whose new hope is to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma.
Trailer: https://santacruzfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule/63190e16f76e91009e4464a2
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Where is it happening?
Scotts Valley Performing Arts Center, Scotts Valley, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
