Natchez

Award Winning

  • 2025
  • Documentary
  • Feature
  • SDR

Natchez

Facility Credits

Post Services
Bradford Operations
Colorist & Online Editor
Samuel Gursky
Archival Restoration
Samuel Gursky

Project Credits

Director
Suzannah Herbert
Producers
Suzannah Herbert, Darcy McKinnon
Writers
Suzannah Herbert, Pablo Proenza
Cinematographer
Noah Collier
Editor
Pablo Proenza
Composer
James Newberry
Executive Producers
Sam Pollard, Cindy Meehl, Carrie Lozano, Lois Vossen, Ted Haddock, Jacqueline Glover, Mari Nakachi, Bill Harnisch, Ruth Ann Harnisch
Production Companies
Natchez Film LLC, ITVS
In Association With
Gusto Moving Pictures, Cedar Creek Productions, Common Pictures, Lakeville Productions
Distributors
Oscilloscope Laboratories, PBS / Independent Lens

Official Selections

  • Americana Film Fest (Docs), 2026
  • DC/DOX, 2025
  • Oak Cliff Film Festival, 2025
  • 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival, 2025
  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2025
  • Charlotte Film Festival (Special Presentations), 2025
  • Macon Film Festival, 2025
  • Sun Valley Film Festival, 2025
  • Fairhope Film Festival, 2025
  • 16th American Film Festival Wrocław (American Docs Competition), 2025
  • 32nd Sheffield DocFest, 2025

Awards & Nominations

  • Best Documentary Award, 37th Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2026
  • Best Documentary Feature, 24th Tribeca Festival, 2025
  • Special Jury Mention, Cinematography in a Documentary Feature (Noah Collier), 24th Tribeca Festival, 2025
  • Special Jury Mention, Editing in a Documentary Feature (Pablo Proenza), 24th Tribeca Festival, 2025
  • Top Five Documentaries, National Board of Review, 2025
  • Best Documentary Feature, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, 2025
  • Best Documentary Feature, Sidewalk Film Festival, 2025
  • Black Lens Audience Award, Sidewalk Film Festival, 2025
  • Best Documentary Feature, Philadelphia Film Festival, 2025
  • Honorable Mention, Best Documentary Feature, New Orleans Film Festival, 2025
  • Audience Award, Best Documentary, New Orleans Film Festival, 2025
  • New York Women in Film & Television Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking, 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival, 2025
  • Special Jury Mention, Cinematography (Noah Collier), Oak Cliff Film Festival, 2025
  • American Docs Competition Audience Award, 16th American Film Festival (Wrocław), 2025
  • One in a Million Award, Sun Valley Film Festival, 2025
  • Documentary Feature Audience Award, Charlotte Film Festival, 2025
  • Best Documentary, Macon Film Festival, 2025
  • Best Original Storytelling, Fairhope Film Festival, 2025
  • Special Mention, Critics' Choice Award, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2025
  • NomineeBest Editing (Pablo Proenza), IDA Documentary Awards, 2025