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.

Runtime: 86 minutes
Genre: Documentary, Mystery, Coming-of-Age, Adventure

A HA/HA Production
A Co-Production of ITVS and 2R PRODUCTIONS

Directed and Produced by REED HARKNESS
Produced and Edited by JASON REID
Edited by DARREN LUND
Co-Produced by HEATHER HAWKSFORD, ADAM SPIRO BROWN
Original Score by ROGER NEILL
Cinematography by REED HARKNESS
Executive Producers LOIS VOSSEN, SALLY JO FIFER
Executive Producers ANDY McDONOUGH, COLIN HARPER PLANK
Supervising Producer MICHAEL KINOMOTO
Consulting Editors CAITLYN GREENE, ALEX O’FLINN
Consulting Writer JON RAYMOND

Featuring music by
THE SONICS
THE WAILERS
DEAD MOON
SMOG
PORCELAIN RAFT
KATH BLOOM
STYROFOAM
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
TEENGENERATE
R.C. LOVE AND THE GOODNESS GRACIOUS

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