Train Life
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Train Life is a 2006 documentary film
about riders on Amtrak's
Capitol Corridor
. It tells the story of life aboard the train through interviews with 12 commuters.
Train Life received a Best of Festival - Documentary award from the Berkeley Video & Film Festival in 2004 but was first screened at the Davis Film Festival in 2006.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about riders on Amtrak's
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
Capitol Corridor
Capitol Corridor
The Capitol Corridor is a 168-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in California. Because it is fully supported by the state, the Capitol Corridor operates under Amtrak California. It runs from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sacramento, roughly parallel to Interstate 80...
. It tells the story of life aboard the train through interviews with 12 commuters.
Train Life received a Best of Festival - Documentary award from the Berkeley Video & Film Festival in 2004 but was first screened at the Davis Film Festival in 2006.