About our film: Trouble in the Water

Gary saw the other black man and predicted another "arctic blast of brotherhood."

What actually transpires, marks them both forever.


Gary Simmons is troubled by the growing emotional distance between him and his African-American kinsmen. During his morning walk, he resents the intrusion of another. . . . As Gary slowly gets to know his unwanted walking companion, he reflects on the alienations of his youth and is inspired to overcome them.

Trouble in the Water was featured on Time-Warner's Second Cinema television show in North Carolina. The show included both a long interview with filmmakers Roger Lee Edwards and Jim McQuaid, and a complete broadcast of the film.

 Roger and Jim are interviewed on Second Cinema

Trouble in the Water was selected by North Carolina's PBS station, UNC-TV, to be part of their North Carolina Visions series on North Carolina filmmakers.

Trouble in the Water has been selected by these festivals:
    Dallas Texas in January 2008  
Wilmington NC  Houston in August      

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