William Eggleston: Stranded in Canton

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stills from Stranded in Canton, 1973
© William Eggleston

In 1973, William Eggleston picked up a Sony PortaPak and shot the intimate, black and white footage that would become Stranded in Canton, a 76 minute film documenting the soul of Memphis and New Orleans. The film was recently remastered in collaboration with filmmaker Robert Gordon and released by Twin Palms as a book/DVD package. For those of you who haven’t seen the film already, I highly recommend it.

While browsing the Eggleston Trust website the other day, I noticed an update to the “Films” section, which includes 14 short clips from Stranded in Canton. See those right here.

And, if you’re interested, you can backorder the book/DVD here.