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Two Trains Runnin'

| Release Date: December 2, 2016

Summary: In June of 1964 hundreds of college students, eager to join the civil rights movement, traveled to Mississippi, starting 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. Thirty years before, Son House and Skip James had recorded some of the most memorable music of their era, but now they seemed lost to time. Finding them would not be easy. There were few clues to their whereabouts. It was not even known for certain if they were still alive. And Mississippi, that summer, was a tense and violent place. With hundreds on their way to teach in freedom schools and work on voter registration, the Ku Klux Klan and police force of many towns vowed that Freedom Summer would not succeed. Churches were bombed, shotguns blasted into cars and homes. It was easy to mistake the young men looking for Son House and Skip James as activists. Finally, on June 21, 1964, these two campaigns collided in memorable and tragic fashion.

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Runtime:	80 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Official Site:	http://www.twotrainsrunnin.com/
Production:	Avalon Films
Genres:	Music, Documentary
Country:	USA
Language:	English

Director	Credit
Samuel D. Pollard	Director

Writer	Credit
Benjamin Hedin	Writer

Cast	Credit
Amanda Petrusich	Herself
Buddy Guy	Himself
Common	Narrator
Dave Dennis	Himself
Dick Waterman	Himself
Ed Denson	Himself
Gary Clark, Jr.	Himself
Greg Tate	Himself
Lucinda Williams	Herself
Peniel E. Joseph	Himself
Peter Guralnick	Himself
Phil Spiro	Himself
Robert Moses	Himself
Taylor Branch	Himself
Tom Martin	John Fahey

Producer	Credit
Benjamin Hedin	Producer
Caroline de Fontaine-Stratton	Archival Producer
Christine Fall	Archival Producer
Common	Executive Producer
Dava Whisenant	Co-Producer
Derek Dudley	Executive Producer