Train Ride is an award-winning, critically acclaimed feature
thriller film written and directed by
Rel Dowdell, which was released in
2000 by RuffNation Films via Sony Entertainment. It revolves around the consequences of an incident of
date rape on a college campus in
Philadelphia, and stars
Wood Harris,
MC Lyte, Russell Hornsby, Thomas Braxton Jr., Guru,
Joe Clair, KaDee Strickland, and Emmy Award–winning actress Esther Rolle. The film was shot in 1998, though financing problems derailed the
post-production process. Philadelphia company RuffNation Films supervised and funded the films completion. It debuted theatrically in Philadelphia in 2005 to positive reviews and a DVD release followed.