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Movie Info

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. That same month, two groups of young men -- made up of musicians, college students and record collectors -- also traveled to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Samuel D. Pollard
Producer:

Benjamin Hedin
Writer:

Benjamin Hedin
Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 11, 2018
Runtime:

1h 20m

Cast & Crew

Common
Narrator

Samuel D. Pollard
Director

Benjamin Hedin
Writer

Common
Executive Producer

Derek Dudley
Executive Producer

Benjamin Hedin
Producer

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Critic Reviews for Two Trains Runnin'

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (11)

But for those who don't know about the martyred voter registration activists, this new film is an awakening on two levels.

February 1, 2018 | Full Review…

Jordan Hoffman
Times of Israel
An enlightening journey with plenty to say about music, history and the ways music can help make history.

January 26, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Adam Graham
Detroit News
As we watch these once-marginalized artists thrillingly bring their past to bear on tense times, so does this look-and-listen complement the urgency of our newly charged civil rights moment.

September 28, 2017 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
The movie's thesis is that the 1960s' political clashes and cultural revelations were essentially linked, and equally liberating.

September 21, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Mark Jenkins
Washington Post
A powerful meditation on the origins of an African-American musical genre and the painful reasons for its existence.

December 2, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Odie Henderson
RogerEbert.com
This captivating movie, like the blues itself, is at once a recognition of ... somber truths and a gesture of protest against them.

December 1, 2016 | Full Review…

A.O. Scott
New York Times
Like two trains heading full speed in opposite directions, the two groups of men that headed down South in search of their heroes had two shockingly different fates.

August 14, 2018 | Rating: A | Full Review…

Tom Santilli
AXS.com
Two Trains Runnin' reflects on the triumphs that inspire the soul and the tragedies that continue to plague the fight for racial equality.

January 18, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Curtis Cook
Willamette Week
Equally and vividly re-creates the North to South paths of 2 idealistic American stories summer '64...2 blues legends found the same day...as murders for voter registration.

December 2, 2016 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Nora Lee Mandel
Film-Forward.com
Fascinating documentary examines the convergence of blues music and civil rights during the Freedom Summer of 1964.

November 30, 2016 | Full Review…

Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International