Although I write our imaginary characters to get along,
He thinks I'm poking fun at his belief in a young earth - something I believed too until I went to college.
And I start digging for fossils.
in the fossil beds of Western Kansas.
All this work leads me back home, to my real subject.
My dad agrees to let me turn my camera around on the two of us. As I film, I get to know him differently:
I step away from my writing and embed with my family.
It's a time of transition. College, retirement, an election. . .and a cross-country move.
And share wonder.
FLOOD is a story about what it takes to love across the divide.
Opportunities to Support
I am seeking financing, grants, and distribution. I’m working with a small, experienced, and dedicated team but would love to bring on a producer to assist in fundraising and the film's sale.
TOTAL REMAINING EXPENSES: $285,000
FUNDING RAISED TO DATE: $100,000
Production Timeline
- Production - wrapped shoots spring 2020
- Post Production - Fall 2021 to Fall 2023
- Festival Premiere - Quarter 1 2024
- TV Release - Father's Day, June 2024
Katy Scoggin, Producer, Director, Cinematographer
Katy is an award-winning doc filmmaker and DP. She was a co-producer and cinematographer on Laura Poitras's Oscar-winning CITIZENFOUR and its follow-up, Risk; an associate producer on Emmy-nominated The Oath; and a producer and/or DP on New York Times Op-Docs The Program and Death of a Prisoner. Her feature doc Flood has received support from BAVC, DCTV, Film Independent, the Sundance Institute, the Sloan Foundation, the Gotham, the NYU Richard Vague Award, Berlinale Talents, and the MacDowell Colony. Flood is a 2019 BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship and Berlinale Talents Fellow. Katy was born & raised in San Bernardino, CA.
Karen Duffin, Story Producer
Karen Duffin is a co-host and reporter for Planet Money, NPR's award-winning podcast that finds creative, entertaining ways to make sense of the big, complicated forces that move our economy. Previously, she was a producer at This American Life. She also worked for several years as an independent producer, reporting stories for shows like Radiolab, More Perfect, Reply All, The Moth, Pop-Up Magazine, On the Media, and others. Karen has been a Moth story coach and mainstage storyteller, and she has taught radio at the Columbia, NYU, and CUNY Graduate Schools of Journalism. Before becoming a journalist, Karen spent several years as a speechwriter, working in more than 20 countries.
Spencer Worthley, Cinematographer
Spencer is a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Los Angeles. In 2016, he shot on the IDA Documentary Awards-nominated series NomiNation by Vanity Fair/First Look Media, and the Fusion series Primaries, both of which chronicled the presidential race. Spencer is the recipient of the 2017 SFFILM Holiday Party Karaoke Contest 1st Place award. He grew up in Maine.
Nathan Truesdell, Cinematographer
Nate is is a DP, producer, and editor based in Los Angeles. He filmed on AJ Schnack's Speaking is Difficult and produced Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher's Peace in the Valley. He produced feature docs We Always Lie to Strangers (2013), Convention (2013), and Caucus (2015). He directed the award-winning, viral short Balloonfest and its follow-up, Waterslide (Camden 2018). His series The Art of Making Money was supported by Field of Vision and Topic. He is currently in production on a film about China with his partner, filmmaker Jessica Kingdon.
Michael Rossetti, Cinematographer
Mike is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles. He shot my fiction short Flood on 35mm film in 2012. We were classmates at NYU and have worked together extensively. It's been my great pleasure to invite Mike to continue filming on Flood as a feature doc. http://michaelrossetti.com
Credits:
photos are screenshots of cinematography by Katy Scoggin and Spencer Worthley