SPECIAL GUEST: Robert Gordon. The 2026 Clarksdale Film & Music Festival is proud to present FILMS & STORIES WITH ROBERT GORDON—Emmy and Grammy Award winning writer/filmmaker. Memphian Robert Gordon will screen and discuss a special selection of hits, rarities and previews from his decades of documentary work. He will also sign books. Gordon is producer/director of 9 feature films—including Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters Can't Be Satisfied, The Road to Memphis, Johnny Cash's America and the forthcoming Newport & the Great Folk Dream. He is also author of 6 books—including It Came from Memphis, Lost Delta Found and Can't Be Satisfied: The Life & Times of Muddy Waters. His work has consistently focused on the American south—its music, art and politics—to create an insider’s portrait of his home that is both nuanced and ribald.