wide logo
Riding the Rails poster

Riding the Rails (1997)

Overview

Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers relay the experiences and painful recollections of these now-elderly survivors of the rails. Forced to travel more by economic necessity than the spirit of adventure, the film's subjects dispel romantic myths of a hobo existence and its corresponding veneer of freedom. Riding the Rails recounts the hoboes' trade secrets for survival and accounts of dank miseries, loneliness, imprisonment, death, and dispossession. Sixty years later, the filmmakers transport their subjects back to the tracks, where the surging impact of sound and movement resuscitates memories of a shattered adolescence and devastating rite of passage.
55%
Michael Uys profile
Michael Uys

Director

Lexy Lovell profile
Lexy Lovell

Director

Cast

Richard Thomas profile
Richard Thomas

Narrator

Richard Thomas profile
Richard Thomas

Narrator

Extra

Release Date

January 1, 1997

Original Language

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Available On

Currently it's not available for streaming.
You can visit JustWatch for more information.

Videos

Currently there are no videos related to this movie/tv show on our database.

Images

Currently there are no images related to this movie/tv show on our database.

Recommendations

title poster
52%
Killing Your Daughter
title poster
85%
12 Angry Men
title poster
74%
Captain America: Civil War
title poster
82%
Avengers: Infinity War
title poster
74%
Doctor Strange
title poster
82%
Top Gun: Maverick
title poster
77%
The Avengers
title poster
74%
A Quiet Place