By SIERRA JIMINEZ
The UNITY News

The National Association of Black Journalists will screen two films at UNITY about black Americans who have overcome tragedy and discrimination.

The documentary, “Trouble the Water,” winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, follows Ninth Ward resident Kimberly Rivers through her struggles in New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina. It examines how the government failed her and shows her efforts to become a rapper.

NABJ also brings to UNITY the story of Syracuse University football legend Ernie Davis. “The Express,” directed by Gary Fleder, follows the story of the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. On the field, Davis was a winner. Off the field, Davis taught his peers to fight for equal rights. He died of leukemia in 1963, two years after winning the Heisman.

“It’s important to tell this story,” said Angela Robinson, a Syracuse alumnus, and host and executive producer of the Atlanta TV show “In Contact.”

“This man, through hellacious times, made a difference.”

Trouble the Water
7 p.m. Friday
Lake Street Screening Room
70 E. Lake St., 16th Floor

The Express
7 p.m. Friday
AMC Loews
600 N. Michigan Ave.

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