Docs to Watch
Natchez
After generations of showcasing its antebellum homes and hoop-skirted docents, Natchez, Mississippi, is now reckoning with a romanticized past, an uncertain future, and the debt it owes to the descendants of slavery. A cinematic portrait of a tourist town at a crossroads, Natchez follows an array of historic homeowners, activists, and tour guides as they tell their versions of the past — and clash over who gets to tell America’s story. An Oscilloscope release.
Preceded by the fiction short Beyond Silence. A Q&A with director Suzannah Herbert immediately follows the screening.
Georgia premiere
DIRECTOR
Suzannah Herbert
PRODUCER
Darcy McKinnon
CAST
Tracy “Rev” Collins
Tracy McCartney
Deborah Cosey
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Suzannah Herbert is a documentary director and editor from Memphis whose directing work focuses on the American South. She directed and produced the twice Emmy Award-nominated film Wrestle. As an editor, she has collaborated on various Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, and Lady Gaga projects, music videos, and award-winning films including 2022’s A Woman on the Outside.