Across the Tracks (2015)

Across the Tracks

2015

Synopsis

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 Ella's decision to become white. As the sisters lay their mother to rest, the past rises up to meet them and we're finally shown the moment that tore their family apart.

Credits

Director

Michael Cooke

Cast

Alina Lia as Tara's Assistant

Berkeley Clayborne as Young Ella

Britney Heard as Sandra

Brynn Crosby as Young Tara

Don Battee as Walter Lee

Madalin Jones as Jane

Nicky Buggs as Mama

Reese Houston as Susie