NATCHEZ Film Screening + Q&A with Suzannah Herbert

Overview

Join us Monday, Nov. 2 at 5:30 pm for a screening of “Natchez” + Q&A with filmmaker Suzannah Herbert! The event will be held in the Overby Center in Farley Hall at the University of Mississippi. NATCHEZ captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present.

Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all.

Suzannah Herbert makes films about the American South. Herbert’s directorial debut WRESTLE was nominated for two News & Documentary Emmys and named one of the top 5 documentaries of 2019 by the National Board of Review.

Herbert’s sophomore feature, NATCHEZ, was awarded Best Documentary at the 2025 Tribeca Festival, honored with 19 awards on the festival circuit, released theatrically in over 80 cities, and broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2026.

This event is free and open to the public! We hope to see y’all there!

SouthTalks is produced by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. This series of events, including lectures, performances, film screenings, and discussions, explores the interdisciplinary nature of Southern Studies.

Find the full schedule at olemiss.edu/southernstudies/events and watch past events on the Center’s YouTube page.

The Visiting Documentarian Series is made possible in part by the Berkley Hudson Visiting Documentarian Fund.