Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Award-winning sports journalist Kent Babb follows the Edna Karr High School football team through its 2019 season as Coach Brice Brown and his team vie to succeed on and off field on the West Bank of the Mississippi.
A necessary investigation into the serious realities of young athletes in struggling neighborhoods, Across the River offers a rich, unflinching portrait of a coach, his players, and the West Bank, a community where it's difficult—but not impossible—to rise above the chaos, discover purpose, and find a way out.
In stores August 10, 2021.
Award-winning sports journalist Kent Babb follows the Edna Karr High School football team through its 2019 season as Coach Brice Brown and his team vie to succeed on and off field on the West Bank of the Mississippi.
A necessary investigation into the serious realities of young athletes in struggling neighborhoods, Across the River offers a rich, unflinching portrait of a coach, his players, and the West Bank, a community where it's difficult—but not impossible—to rise above the chaos, discover purpose, and find a way out.
In stores August 10, 2021.
