Across the Tracks (2015)

NR 15 minMar 1st, 2015
Tara and Ella Hines are sisters living very different lives Tara is a big city architect with a fighting spirit that has brought her great success Ella a few years younger never left the hometown of their youth and has been the primary caretaker of the family Estranged for 40 years they are brought together finally with the death of their mother Through a series of flashbacks their childhood in rural 1960s Georgia unfolds The Coloreds only bathroom and side entrance to shops The train tracks that separated the town by skin color We see them navigate this world full of inferiority and bullying ultimately leading to Ellas decision to become white As the sisters lay their mother to rest the past rises up to meet them and were finally shown the moment that tore their family apart

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 1st, 2015
Original Language:English