The Ms. Foundation for Women and The Twenty-First Century Foundation hosted a very special screening of Trouble the Water on Tuesday Feb 10th in New York City, in association with Karen Duffy, Carole Radziwill, and New Orleans natives Patricia Clarkson and Wendell Pierce. Stars Kimberly & Scott Roberts, and Directors Tia Lessin & Carl Deal were on hand to greet people and answer questions. Read on and click through to check out the photos from the evening, courtesy of Michael LoccisanoFilmMagic-HBO!
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on Thursday, February 12, 2009. Join the celebration by tuning in to the 40th NAACP Image Awards show at 8pm ET on FOX, hosted by Halle Berry and Tyler Perry. We are honored that "Trouble the Water" is one of five nominees for Outstanding Documentary, and you can watch for the stars of the film, and the filmmakers, on the red carpet live online at http://www.naacpimageawards.net before the show, beginning at 6 pm Thursday! Read More |
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Washington, DC-- On January 8th, President-Elect Barack Obama, Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi received letters urging the issuing of an Executive Order authorizing the Gulf Coast Civic Works Program and the inclusion of $6.7 billion for Gulf Coast Civic Works projects to rebuild communities, restore the coastal environment and revitalize local economies in the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. RFK Center and 2005 RFK Human Rights Award Winner Stephen Bradberry of ACORN organized 140 diverse community, environmental, faith, human rights, labor, and student organizations across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and their national allies as part of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign to call the new Administration and Congress to action on the human rights crisis faced by communities across America's Gulf Coast. Read More |
SILVERDOCS Presents TROUBLE THE WATER in a special screening followed by a special event for the New Orleans-based community organization Historic Green on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
The event begins with a special screening of the film on Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD, followed by a reception and silent auction. Amy King of the National Green Building Council will moderate a post-screening discussion with Director/Producer Carl Deal and Lower 9th Ward Residents Pam Dashiell (Holy Cross Neighborhood Association) and Ward “Mack” McClendon (Lower 9th Ward Village), with other special guests to be announced.
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This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards®. We are thrilled to share the news that "Trouble the Water" has been nominated for best documentary feature!!!
We are so very honored that "Trouble the Water" has been recognized by the Academy along with these extraordinary films: "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"; "Encounters at the End of the World"; "The Garden"; and "Man on Wire."
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Trouble the Water will be screened this weekend at the King Center for Non Violent Social Change in Atlanta as part of the 16th Annual Hands On Atlanta Martin Luther King Jr. Service Summit. We're so honored the film will be part of these celebrations of Dr. King and his legacy. Sponsored by Hands On Atlanta, The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change and presenting sponsor, Delta Air Lines, the screenings will be followed by a panel discussion with Kimberly and Scott Roberts, Director Tia Lessin, and New Orleans activists Robert H. King (Wilkerson), Shana Griffin, Malik Rahim, Prof. Kristen L. Buras, and Khalil Shahyd, moderated by Michael Molina.
For a complete listing of Summit activities, please visit http://www.handsonatlanta.org. Read More |
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2008 was an extraordinary year, and we are grateful to everyone who has supported Trouble the Water by seeing it, by sharing the trailer, and by sharing your own stories with us.
We wish you all a peaceful and joyful New Year.
We are honored that the film has been listed on many critics 2008 top ten lists -- in the LA Times, the New Yorker, Salon, Entertainment Weekly, and New York magazine among other publications. It was named best documentary of 2008 at the IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards, by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Roger Ebert and New York Times critic Manohla Dargis both included Trouble in their "best of 2008" lists. Read More |
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As you know, I'm Kimberly Rivers Roberts, otherwise known as Blackkoldmadina. I'm the star of the movie Trouble the Water. I've never written to you before, but I wanted to take the time to thank you for your support. It has meant so much to me and to my husband Scott. Not just the support you've shown the movie, but for us and our friends and family who have moved back to New Orleans and are trying to rebuild.
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As reported in Variety late Tuesday: Forty-nine eligible songs are in the running for Oscar nominations. List includes 11 tracks from "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" and three from "Repo! The Genetic Opera." Songs from two docus -- "They Killed Sister Dorothy" and "Trouble the Water" -- also made the cut.
