The Mississippi Movie Capital

Canton, known as the "Movie Capital of Mississippi," it is the backdrop for many popular movies such as "Mississippi Burning" and "My Dog Skip." Other movies filmed in Canton, are "Waking in Mississippi",

"The Ponder Heart" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Prominently featured in several of these films is the picturesque Canton Square. "A Time to Kill," another Grisham novel-turned-film, filmed scenes in the Canton courthouse in the historic square.