SAM

Directed by Rick Harvie (Belmont Productions) in 2020, and selected for the 2021 Doc Edge Film Festival, SAM is a short film about Jolt Dancer Sam Stevens.
SAM evolved from a theatre piece created by Lyn Cotton in 2017 in response to the dramatic decrease in the number of people born with Down syndrome in New Zealand and worldwide following the introduction of non-invasive prenatal screening tests.
Uplifting and life-affirming, SAM is honest, funny and moving. It is Sam's story, the story of his parents Tom and Carol, of Jolt's whanāu, and asks us all what it means to be a valued and valuable human.