#110 - Katy Scoggin: What Happens When You Document Your Own Divide?

#110 - Katy Scoggin: What Happens When You Document Your Own Divide?

From Was It Chance? by Alan Seales, Heather Vickery & Broadway Podcast Network

April 7, 2026 · 1h 23m · Episode 110

About this episode

Katy Scoggin discusses her documentary 'Flood' and the personal journey of exploring family, identity, and belief.

We sit down with documentary filmmaker Katy Scoggin to unpack the decade-long journey behind her deeply personal film Flood. What begins as a curiosity about science, faith, and her upbringing as a young earth creationist evolves into a profound exploration of family, identity, and the limits of belief. Katy shares how a chance opportunity to work in documentary filmmaking, along with a simple ask to a mentor, set her on a path that would ultimately lead her back home with a camera, confronting the most complicated relationship in her life, the one with her father. As Katy traces her evolution from art student to award-winning filmmaker, we explore the risks she took both professionally and personally. She embedded herself in her family’s world, documented their dynamics, and wrestled with the tension between love and ideological divide. The conversation dives into her experience working alongside acclaimed documentarian Laura Poitras, the challenges of sustaining a creative career, and the emotional toll of turning the lens on your own life. At its core, this episode is about connection in the face of difference. Katy opens up about coming out later in life, the shifting…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alan Seales, Heather Vickery

Guest: Katy Scoggin

Topics covered

  • documentary filmmaking
  • family dynamics
  • identity
  • belief
  • creative career
  • personal growth

Keywords

  • documentary
  • family
  • identity
  • belief
  • Katy Scoggin
  • Flood
  • creative career

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Books & works: Flood

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