Train Ride

This article is about the film. For the amusement ride, see Train ride.

2000 American film

Train Ride

DVD cover for Train Ride

Directed by| Rel Dowdell
Written by| Rel Dowdell
Starring| Wood Harris
MC Lyte
Esther Rolle
Distributed by| Sony

Release date

* 2000 (2000)

Running time

| 93 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Train Ride is a feature thriller film written and directed by Rel Dowdell and Executive Produced by Rich Murray. It was released in 2005 by Murray's RuffNation Films via Sony Entertainment.[1] It revolves around the consequences of an incident of date rape on a college campus in Philadelphia (Cheyney University of Pa.), and stars Wood Harris, MC Lyte, Russell Hornsby, Thomas Braxton Jr., Guru, Joe Clair, KaDee Strickland, and Emmy Award–winning actress Esther Rolle. The film was shot in 1998, though financing problems derailed the post-production process. Philadelphia company RuffNation Films supervised and funded the films completion. It debuted theatrically in Philadelphia in 2005 to positive reviews and a very successful DVD release followed.

Train Ride was Esther Rolle's last film before her death on November 17, 1998, and the film is dedicated to her.[2]

Train Ride was shot on the campus of Cheyney University, which is the oldest African American college in the United States.

The film recently got high praise by noted film historian/critic Irv Slifkin in his best-selling book Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a City's Movies, which was published by Middle Atlantic Press in 2006.[3]

In addition, the film recently ranked #5 in the top ten "Best College Movies" on BET.COM.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Boston Phoenix". Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
2. ^ Diabeticlive.com[permanent dead link]
3. ^ Train Ride review in Filmadelphia: A Celebration of City's Movies
4. ^ "Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos". BET. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013.

## External links

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* Train Ride at IMDb
* Train Ride at Rotten Tomatoes
* Train Ride wins Best Feature at 2005 American Theatre of Harlem Film Festival
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