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, a group of musicians, college students and record collectors also traveled to Mississippi in search of two forgotten blues singers, Son House and Skip James. Two Trains Runnin’ is a feature-length documentary, narrated by Common, and featuring the music of Gary Clark Jr. Sam Pollard will be joining us live on Zoom after the screening!

(USA, 2016, 56 min)

Sam Pollard is among cinema’s most dedicated chroniclers of the Black experience in America, moving freely across film and long-form television as well as narrative and documentary for the past four decades. He is known for editing the Spike Lee films Mo’ Better Blues, Clockers, 4 Little Girls, and Bamboozled. Pollard’s credits as director include episodes of the series Eyes on the Prize; Slavery by Another Name; Two Trains Runnin’; and the TIFF selection Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me. MLK/FBI is his latest film.