Collective Memory is a powerful documentary set in a small Mississippi town where a diverse community reckons with the legacy of racial terror long buried beneath the surface. Through intimate storytelling, acts of remembrance, and grassroots organizing, the film follows descendants, activists, and community members as they unearth the story of Elwood Higginbottom, a lynching victim whose memory was nearly erased. As the community fights to honor his life and confront historical silence, Collective Memory captures the transformative power of truth-telling, the weight of legacy, and the healing that emerges when people come together to remember.

With a poetic visual style and deeply personal narratives, this film offers a reverent, grounded, and ultimately hopeful meditation on justice, place, and collective resilience.