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Two Trains Runnin': Directed by Sam Pollard. With Taylor Branch, Gary Clark Jr., Common, Dave Dennis. Two Trains Runnin' is about the search for two forgotten blues singers, carried out in Mississippi during the height of the American civil rights movement.
- (133)
- Documentary, Music
- Sam Pollard
- 2016-04-08
Dec 2, 2016 · Narrated by rapper Common, “Two Trains Runnin’” intercuts its stories with blues musicians singing and discussing Delta Blues songs. The musicians are young and old, Black and White, male and female, and all extremely talented.
Dec 1, 2016 · “Two Trains Runnin’,” Sam Pollard’s compact, resonant documentary — part essay film, part road picture, part musical anthology — is built around an astonishing historical coincidence.
- Samuel D. Pollard
Two Trains Running is a 1990 play by American playwright August Wilson, the seventh in his ten-part series The Pittsburgh Cycle. The play takes place in 1968 in the Hill District, an African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- August Wilson
- 1992
Two Trains Runnin'. In June of 1964, hundreds of college students, eager to join the civil rights movement, traveled to Mississippi and started what would be known as Freedom Summer.
- (11)
- Documentary
- Sam Pollard
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Two Trains Runnin' is about the search for two forgotten blues singers, set in Mississippi during the height of the civil rights movement. Directed by Sam Pollard, narrated by Common, and featuring the music of Gary Clark Jr.
