Daily Blog: Vicksburg, MS

A team of German filmmakers is in Vicksburg, Mississippi (population 26,000) to document life in the Delta:

http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/doc4a45a6dbc4a8b003035460.txt

And what has surprised them the most? Southern hospitality, of course.

As one of the filmmakers said:

“Everywhere we’ve gone here (in Vicksburg), the people stop and talk to us. That never happens back home.”

She went onto add that Germans typically don't stop on the street for conversation. "If you ask me a question on the street, of course I’m going to give you an answer. But it’s short and direct.”

But there is much more to Vicksburg than friendliness. One of the largest and most important civil war battlefields is located there. And the town itself sits in a beautiful perch upon the Mississippi River.

It should make for some good film material.