Friday, October 23, 12:00PM – 1:30PM (PDT)
Natchez premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won three major awards:
- Best Documentary Feature
- Special Jury Mention for Cinematography in a Documentary Feature
- Special Jury Mention for Editing in a Documentary Feature
Proenza has worked as a documentary editor, writer, and director for more than 25 years. His previous editing credits include the Michael Moore documentaries Capitalism: A Love Story, Where to Invade Next, and Fahrenheit 11/9 as well as the recent festival favorites Uvalde Mom and Wrestle.
Directed by Suzannah Herbert, Natchez captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, the film takes audiences through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with its deeply troubled history.
Natchez had a theatrical run in 2026 courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories and is now available to rent digitally. The film’s many accolades include:
- Top Five Documentaries, National Board of Review
- Best Documentary, Palm Springs International Film Festival
- Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking, Hamptons International Film Festival
- Best Editing Nominee, IDA Awards
In this session, Proenza will dissect key scenes and discuss his role as a co-writer on the project. The presentation will conclude with an audience Q&A, where attendees can learn more about how he collaborated with Herbert to craft this singular documentary feature.
This event is part of the “Inside the Edit with BIPOC Doc Editors” series, a program hosted by Sundance Collab in collaboration with BIPOC Doc Editors. Follow these links to watch our previous events in this series, which included the films Spermworld, Patrice: The Movie, Sabbath Queen, Cutting Through Rocks, and Come See Me in the Good Light.
