'Natchez'
February 20, 2026: 8:30 PM
February 21, 2026: 1:45 PM
February 23, 2026: 5:15 PM
February 24, 2026: 1:25 PM
February 25, 2026: 2 PM
February 21, 2026: 1:45 PM
February 23, 2026: 5:15 PM
February 24, 2026: 1:25 PM
February 25, 2026: 2 PM
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Digital Gym Cinema
$13 Regular | $11 Students & Seniors | $9 Members
'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.
“One of the best documentaries of the 21st century - and the 19th as well.”—MOVEABLE FEST
"The genteel politeness on display at the start of the film falls away, revealing an unsettling core"—HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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.
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Media Arts Center San Diego
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kristian@mediaartscenter.org