Train Ride
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Train Ride is an award-winning, critically acclaimed feature thriller film
written and directed by Rel Dowdell
, which was released in 2005
by RuffNation Films via Sony Entertainment. It revolves around the consequences of an incident of date rape
on a college campus in Philadelphia, 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 project before her death in November 1998, and the film is dedicated to her.
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.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
written and directed by Rel Dowdell
Rel Dowdell
Rel Dowdell is an American screenwriter, film director, film producer, and screenwriting educator. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he received his Bachelor’s Degree in English with Magna Cum Laude honors from Fisk University and a Master's Degree in Film Production with highestdistinction from...
, which was released in 2005
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
by RuffNation Films via Sony Entertainment. It revolves around the consequences of an incident of date rape
Date rape
"Date rape", often referred to as acquaintance rape, is an assault or attempted assault usually committed by a new acquaintance involving sexual intercourse without mutual consent....
on a college campus in Philadelphia, and stars Wood Harris
Wood Harris
Sherwin David "Wood" Harris is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO television drama The Wire, and as high-school football player Julius Campbell in the 2000 motion picture Remember the Titans.-Life and career:Harris was born in...
, MC Lyte
MC Lyte
MC Lyte is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late-1980s becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.-Early life:...
, Russell Hornsby, Thomas Braxton Jr., Guru, Joe Clair
Joe Clair
Joe Clair, also known by the nickname "Joe Cleezy", is an American stand-up comedian, radio DJ, and VJ. A native of the Seat Pleasant, Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., Clair is best known as the former host of BET's Rap City from 1994 to 1999....
, KaDee Strickland, and Emmy Award–winning actress Esther Rolle. The film was shot in 1998, though financing problems derailed the post-production
Post-production
Post-production is part of filmmaking and the video production process. It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art...
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
Esther Rolle
Esther Rolle was an American actress. She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of Florida Evans on the CBS television sitcom Maude and its spin-off series Good Times.-Biography:...
's last project before her death in November 1998, and the film is dedicated to her.
Train Ride was shot on the campus of Cheyney University
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public, co-educational historically black university that is a part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Cheyney University has a campus that is located in the Cheyney community within Thornbury Township, Chester County and Thornbury...
, 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.