There is a hill near the river in Natchez, Mississippi. It’s hard to find, even if you’re looking for it, but once it was the busiest slave market in the Southeast. “Forks of the Road.” Named for the many roads that ended there.

Presented by Joseph Horton

July 14 – 17

Beautiful and unsettling, A Hill in Natchez is a meditation on the strange gravity of power that transforms a scenic hill into a bazaar where people stroll idly past humans for sale.

Through a hallucinatory mix of music, visuals, and dance, director Joe Horton tells the story of a woman and man caught in this gravity and the myriad ways they are touched by power.

Seen through their eyes, the New World is an ever-evolving mosaic of symbols, violent and seductive, dictating laws they are bound by yet can’t quite understand.

Live Filming

Thursday’s presentation of A Hill in Natchez will double as a live taping. The film team will make every effort to be as unobtrusive as possible to give audience members an unbroken experience. Tickets to the live taping are $12.