Natchez
Documentary
9/10
|US
|en
|86 min
Release Date: 2026-01-30
Overview - Filmmaker Suzannah Herbert takes a sharp look at the American South’s unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past. With an unflinching lens, the film captures the debates, memories, and tensions that are building toward a reckoning.
Production Companies
ITVSGusto Moving PicturesThe Harnisch FoundationCedar Creek ProductionsJustFilms / Ford FoundationCommon Pictures
User Reviews
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Brent Marchant
8/10
Coming to terms with one’s own dubious past can be challenging, difficult and even embarrassing. That’s true not only for individuals but potentially entire communities. And one such case can be found in the Mississippi River community of Natchez, MS. As the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River, this city of 14,000 today struggles to define its identity as one that celebrates yet accepts its...
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