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Flood

Filmmaker Katy Scoggin journeys home to the Inland Empire, revisiting her evangelical roots and finding humanity and common ground with her estranged father.

Series

Independent Lens

Premiere Date

July 13, 2026

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Katy Scoggin

Producer/Director

Katy Scoggin is an award-winning independent filmmaker who co-produced Oscar-winner CITIZENFOUR and other Laura Poitras films. Flood has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sundance Institute, Film Independent, The Gotham, DCTV, MacDowell, NYSCA, Logan Nonfiction, and BAVC Media.

Will Lennon

Producer

Will Lennon is a nonfiction filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He has produced the ESPN 30 for 30 film Long Gone Summer (Tribeca 2020), Flood (IDFA 2025), Speaking is Difficult (Sundance 2016) and several other projects including When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood (2022) and The Sign Project (2019).