Sam Knowles

filmmaker ( and doc producer

[Cinema Eye Honors @cinemaeyehonors]

The #CEH2023 nominees for Nonfiction Series:
The Beatles: Get Back | Peter Jackson | @DisneyPlus
Black and Missing | @GeetaGandbhir @SammKnowles | @hbomax
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey | @rdretzin | @netflix
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[Soledad O'Brien @soledadobrien]

🔥🔥 Black and Missing directors @SammKnowles and @GeetaGandbhir nominated for @cinemaeyehonors ! So exciting!

[Sam Knowles @SammKnowles]

Thank you @FrankfurtKurnit!!

[Frankfurt Kurnit @FrankfurtKurnit]

Congratulations @SammKnowles on your @naacpimageaward win for Outstanding Directing in a Documentary for Black and Missing (@blackandmissing) on @hbo.
#NAACPImageAwards

[theGrio.com @theGrio]

HBO's #BlackAndMissing documentary highlighting racial disparities in missing persons cases across the country is receiving praise on Twitter for bringing attention to an oft-overlooked issue.

https://t.co/aw6fiFVGp7

[NBC News NOW @NBCNewsNow]

A new documentary series on @HBO is raising awareness over Black missing persons cases, and how they are often overlooked.

Executive Producer @soledadobrien along with one of the series directors and the founder of @BAM_FI joined #MorningNewsNow ahead of tonight’s finale

[Radheyan Simonpillai @JustSayRad]

For the @guardian, wrote about the devastating new docuseries Black and Missing, with words from the people who made it: @soledadobrien, Geeta Gandbhir and @SammKnowles. https://t.co/ZVS8zalXcr

[Redglass Pictures @redglasspics]

Sending a BIG congrats to @antoinedigital_ & Jay Jay Patton of @unlockacademy, plus Director @SammKnowles, EP @angelamatusik, @HP, @PassionPointCol! So exciting for Generation Impact: The Coder to be an official selection @brandstorytv at Sundance.

[The Female Quotient @femalequotient]

It’s invaluable to have the support of your parents throughout your whole life. Nothing replicates that. @SammKnowles

#CannesLions2021: https://t.co/ZooD22lFr6

[Sam Knowles @SammKnowles]

@tiarabrownbox @tiarabrownbox HA! I’m so glad we finally met in person! 🥰🥰

[AJ+ @ajplus]

"Braids are professional, that's all there is to it." Black reporters are celebrating their hair on-air.

[Treasure Roberts @TRobertsTV]

Years ago I was told to take a clip out of my newsreel because I was wearing braids. The news director told me I wouldn’t get a job with braids. I left the clip in and landed a job in the industry. Now, I’m wearing them on-air for the first time. Braids are professional.

[Crystal Walts-Paulin @5thgrade_rocks]

Check out the doc, Tangled Roots, following @atticascott4ky HB33! 3 of my @BloomBulldogs Sts contacted her regarding the bill and we were incl in the doc! Can’t wait to follow the bill this session!https://t.co/5sWe1IeuOL @kimberleeburns @JonathanKempf3

[Loueyville @loueyville]

Finally watched the @BET short documentary "Tangled Roots" about Louisville's own @atticascott4ky's work to get #HB33 -- a bill ensuring that Kentuckians who wore their hair a natural/culturally significant way would not be discriminated against-- heard.

https://t.co/PxYgICI6HL

[Sam Knowles @SammKnowles]

amen!! @atticascott4ky keeps me inspired

[Linda Sarsour @lsarsour]

One of the greatest honors I had this week was meeting @atticascott4ky in person. Thank you for your commitment to our people, for speaking truth to power no matter the consequences and for being a role model to so many.

[Sam Knowles @SammKnowles]

YES

[Congressmember Bass @RepKarenBass]

It's been 93 days since Breonna Taylor was murdered and the only arrest made in relation to her death was the arrest of her partner, who was charged for defending himself against the intruders invading their home.

[Sam Knowles @SammKnowles]

Love this @atticascott4ky

[Sam Knowles @SammKnowles]

Thank you @IAMQUEENLATIFAH! I’m so excited to be part of the #QueenCollective and to tell stories that shed light on the ways racism permeates our everyday lives.

[Queen Latifah @IAMQUEENLATIFAH]

I’d like to introduce this year’s #QueenCollective directors - the talented, strong, and innovate @SammKnowles @Nadine_Natour and @UOkpalaoka 👑 We are excited to share their films on June 13th on @BETherTV (we are social distancing, this photo is from before the quarantine).

[Queen Latifah @IAMQUEENLATIFAH]

I’d like to introduce this year’s #QueenCollective directors - the talented, strong, and innovate @SammKnowles @Nadine_Natour and @UOkpalaoka 👑 We are excited to share their films on June 13th on @BETherTV (we are social distancing, this photo is from before the quarantine).