People watch during a presentation of "Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson," a film by Mark K. Brockway and Timothy Givens during the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

The crowd fills the ballroom of the Natchez Convention Center Thursday during a showing of "Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson," a film by Mark K. Brockway and Timothy Givens during the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Mark K. Brockway stands in the back of the ballroom filled with people watching his film "Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson," during the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

"Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson," a film by Mark K. Brockway and Timothy Givens is shown during the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration Thursday in Natchez. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)