The documentary takes 20 minutes on unnecessary general background of the Civil War. Then it takes one POV about what happened and ignores the others and the evidence for them.

Some evidence says the Sultana was destroyed by mechanical failure, overloading, and corruption covering this up. And there's the other evidence the Sultana was destroyed by Confederate terrorists.

The Confederate terrorists themselves confessed and described what they did in detail. They hid a bomb in the ship's coal supply. This film doesn't even mention any of this.

I hope this feature documentary doesn't suffer the same fate as the Sultana disaster. Even during time of war, friends in government cover for incompetent and criminal activities. Indeed, President Lincoln himself had a part in the chain of events that lead to the disaster. And like today, the most culpable escaped prosecution or even charges, while one person got singled out to be the scapegoat.

The documentary itself was exceptionally well done. Remembrances by descendants of victims and survivors really helps to make this feel as real as it it. Kudos to Sean Astin for his narration.

The worst maritime disaster in American history, and at 73 I'm hearing about it for the first time. There is a lot to learn and know in this world.

I went into this wondering why I had never heard of the greatest disaster in maritime history. After watching the documentary and realizing there was no reason this had to happen made me so very, very sad. I also am appalled that no one was ever held accountable. An extremely well done documentary that I highly recommend. So glad there is now a group of descendants of the survivors that try and keep this story alive,