The Express

The Express (also known as The Express: The Ernie Davis Story) is an American sports film directed by Gary Fleder released by Universal Pictures on October 10, 2008. It is based on the life of Syracuse University football player Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. The movie begins with Ernie Davis as a young African American boy growing up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in the late 1940s. Ernie and his same-aged uncle, ... more

The Express (also known as The Express: The Ernie Davis Story) is an American sports film directed by Gary Fleder released by Universal Pictures on October 10, 2008. It is based on the life of Syracuse University football player Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. The movie begins with Ernie Davis as a young African American boy growing up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in the late 1940s. Ernie and his same-aged uncle, Will Davis, Jr., experience racism by neighborhood bullies, which forces Ernie to use his superior athletic ability to escape harm. Ernie lives with his grandparents, including his grandfather Will Davis (affectionally known as "Pops"), who helps Ernie overcome a stuttering problem by reading passages from the Bible. Pops also introduces Ernie to the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, and Ernie pins a picture of Jackie Robinson to his bedroom wall. Ernie's mother, Marie Davis, eventually... less