Katy returns to her childhood home to attempt to reconnect to her evangelical father, years after leaving the Christian faith. What could possibly go wrong?
SYNOPSIS
In her first feature film, Katy Scoggin returns to her childhood home to reconnect to her religious father. He has spent decades refuting the theory of evolution, while she has embraced science since her college days.
Katy encounters her father at a turning point: her sister’s family is moving, and her parents plan to follow. The household goes into upheaval with the packing of home videos, class notes, and old Bibles. Through these relics, Katy sees how all of her family members' beliefs have changed--except for her father's.
Thus a rift widens, and a dramatic question emerges: How do you stick together as a family if your beliefs have grown worlds apart?
Director Statement
I made this film because I wanted to work through estrangement with a close family member and figure out how to talk despite our disagreements on faith and science.
Supporter Statement
"It was a moving film to watch because of the way it reflects on family and faith. The relationships between generations are portrayed with warmth and complexity. Each character feels genuine and engaging, drawing us into their world, even though we may be very different from them. The film allows emotions and tensions to unfold naturally, creating a strong sense of connection with the people onscreen." - Isabel Arrate Fernandez, Artistic Director of IDFA
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Director/Producer Katy Scoggin
Katy Scoggin is a documentary filmmaker. Flood, her directorial debut, will premiere on PBS Independent Lens in 2026. The film begins with Katy's journey home to repair her relationship to her former missionary father before expanding into a dry and poignant family portrait that questions what it takes, and whether it’s possible, to love across deep divides. A decade in the making, Flood has received support from ITVS, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Film Independent, DCTV, NYU's Production Lab, the Gotham Documentary Lab, NYSCA, MacDowell, Logan Nonfiction Program, Women Make Movies, and BAVC Media.
Previously, Katy worked for Laura Poitras on three features and two shorts. She co-produced and DP'd on Oscar winner CITIZENFOUR and on Cannes Directors Fortnight premiere Risk. She produced NY Times OpDocs "The Program" and "Death of a Prisoner" and associate-produced Sundance award winner The Oath. More recently, Katy worked as a cameraperson on in-progress docs ADAM'S APPLE by Amy Jenkins and Wonder Collaborative doc TREE PEOPLE by Regina Sobel. She sometimes produces and directs short form work for Gates Ventures.
Katy was a Mylonas Honorary Scholar at WashU, a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, and a Graduate Assistant in Cinematography at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she received an MFA in Film Directing. She lives with her girlfriend in Chicago.
Producer Will Lennon
Will Lennon is a nonfiction filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Will produced the ESPN 30 for 30 feature film LONG GONE SUMMER (Tribeca 2020), the short film SPEAKING IS DIFFICULT (Sundance 2016) and several other nonfiction projects including WHEN THE LAPD BLOWS UP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD (2022), THE SIGN PROJECT (2019) and NOMINATION (2016). He is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and a native to Branson, Missouri.
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