Flood movie poster with artwork by Ray Troll and Erik Peterson
Big Sky Film Festival Official Selection
Tallgrass Film Festival Best Kansas Feature
Flood IDFA Special Mention - International Competition, 2025
New Orleans Film Festival Official Selection
One World Film Festival Prague

Synopsis

A filmmaker is starting a project about evolution and geologic time, but disagreements with her father — a young-earth creationist who rejects the theory of evolution — keep getting in the way. She heads home, where he is completing his last year of teaching before moving with the family across the country. Filming him in the classroom, where he is loved and respected, she begins to see him more fully, even as tensions at home reach a boiling point. With clarity and wry humor, Flood captures the complexity of a family that is both tightly knit and deeply divided.

Director in the driver's seat
Chuck Bonner, fossil hunterFamily photos from Flood

Reviews

“Katy Scoggin’s tremendous documentary is a prescription for our divisive age.” – Emily Christensen, THE SHOUT
"Tender, touching and maddeningly frustrating portrait of a father/daughter relationship broken by polarizing world views. Y’all know what I’m talking about. This goes out to all my other exvangelicals out there."
– swfnck, LETTERBOXD
“A personal account of the ongoing clash between science and evangelism in the United States.” – Megan Durnford, POV Magazine
"Flood traces an impactful emotional arc...laced with humour as well as conflict...with real cross-generational audience appeal.” – IDFA Review, SCREEN DAILY
katy@archelonfilms.com

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