Stranded in Canton

Stranded in Canton (2008)
Director: William J. Eggleston
Release Date: 2008 (USA)
Genre: Art - Documentary


In 1973, photographer William Eggleston picked up a Sony PortaPak and took to documenting the soul of Memphis and New Orleans.



"Shot with a Sony Porta-Pak, the crazily careering Stranded in Canton documents a cast of hard-drinking Southerners with the intimacy, ease and instability of a seasoned participants. Whiffs of Southern Gothic are not new to Mr. Eggleston’s work, but here they rise to the surface--fierce, tragic and proud."

–The New York Times