Mississippi's Reckoning: K.R.U., Stax, Honeyboy Edwards and the Ninth Ward

A river that made a nation and nearly unmade it. Journey the lower Mississippi where freedom, music, and catastrophe share the same banks. From K.R.U.’s ghosted port and its role as a gateway on the Underground Railroad, to Memphis where Stax rose, fell, and rises again, every bend reveals a shock. Hear Delta blues legend David “Honeyboy” Edwards trace holler songs into the blues, ride with a steamboat captain who still chases Mark Twain’s wake, and see how Tunica floated casinos to rewrite its fate. Then the river turns dark: survivors of the 1927 flood, the Old River Control’s gamble with nature, gospel baptisms moved from bayous to church pools, and a Cajun shrimper fighting to keep a language and livelihood alive. Finally, we face Katrina’s scars in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward and the musicians determined to bring the city back one song at a time. Watch to follow Old Man River’s music, memory, and might — and the people still living by its rhythm. #MississippiRiver #DeltaBlues #StaxRecords #NewOrleans #NinthWard #CajunCulture #Katrina #Documentary