Natchez (film)

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Natchez
Directed bySuzannah Herbert
Produced by
  • Suzannah Herbert
  • Darcy McKinnon
CinematographyNoah Collier
Edited byPablo Proenza
Music byJames Newberry
Production
companies
  • ITVS
  • Gusto Moving Pictures
Distributed by Oscilloscope
Release date
  • June 9, 2025 (2025-06-09)(Tribeca)
Running time
86 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Natchez is an 2025 American documentary film, directed and produced by Suzannah Herbert. It explores Natchez, Mississippi, which relies on antebellum tourism to survive, reckoning with the past, an uncertain future, and what it owes to descendants of slavery.

Contents

It had its world premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 9, 2025, where it won Best Documentary Feature.

Premise

Explores Natchez, Mississippi, which relies on antebellum tourism to survive, reckoning with the past, an uncertain future, and what it owes to descendants of slavery. [2]

Production

The film received support from ITVS, [3] [4] Catapult Film Fund, [5] Rooftop Films, [6] JustFilms/Ford Foundation, [7] Film Independent, [8] and deNovo Initiative, [9] Sam Pollard and Jacqueline Glover are among the executive producers. [10]

Release

It had its world premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 9, 2025, where it won Best Documentary Feature. [11] [12] It also screened at DC/DOX Film Festival on June 13, 2025, [13] [14] In August 2025, Oscilloscope acquired distribution rights to the film. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Natchez". Tribeca Festival . Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Natchez". Gusto Moving Pictures. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Natchez". ITVS . Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Natchez". Corporation for Public Broadcasting . Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Natchez". Catapult Film Fund. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  6. ↑ Bergeson, Samantha (April 18, 2024). "Eliza Hittman's Fourth Feature Receives Grant from Rooftop Films' 2024 Filmmaker Fund". IndieWire . Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ford Foundation's JustFilms Allocates $4.2 Million to Advance Documentary Films Championing Social Justice in 2024". Ford Foundation . January 30, 2025. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Suzannah Herbert: Natchez". Film Independent . Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Natchez". deNovo Initiative. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Tribeca Festival 2025: Natchez (Documentary Competition)". The Movie Revue. June 13, 2025. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  11. ↑ Goldsmith, Jill (April 16, 2025). "Tribeca Festival Unveils 2025 Film Lineup With Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Bryan Cranston & 'How To Train Your Dragon'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  12. ↑ "2025 Tribeca Festival Announces Winners Charliebird, Happy Birthday, and Natchez in U.S. Narrative, International, Narrative and Documentary Competitions". Tribeca Festival . Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Natchez". DC/DOX Film Festival. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  14. ↑ Carey, Matthew (May 7, 2025). "DC/DOX To Showcase A Dozen World Premieres, Oscar Contenders, Films On Barbara Walters, Robert Reich, Deepfaked Sam Altman". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  15. ↑ Carey, Matthew (August 13, 2025). "Oscilloscope Laboratories Acquires Award-Winning 'Natchez,' Doc About Old South Town Where Confederate Nostalgia Risks Obscuring Brutal Past". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
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