Remember the Sultana

2018· 96 min★ 7.4· Documentary, History

Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.

Cast: Sean Astin, Mackenzie Astin, Jim Beaver

Director: Mark Marshall, Mike Marshall