“How. We Get Free” (HBO) Shortlisted for Best Documentary Short Film 2024 Academy Awards

DOC NYC 40 Under 40 List 2023

Winner, Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for “Black and Missing”on HBO

Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Documentary Series for “Black and Missing” on HBO

Winner, Indie Spirit Award for Best New Documentary Series for “Black and Missing” on HBO

Samantha Knowles is an award-winning, Brooklyn-based filmmaker.

How We Get Free

How We Get Free

Black and Missing

Black and Missing

Tangled Roots

Tangled Roots

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