Traveling Light

Traveling Light

PG 2012 · 60 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

An Amtrak train pulls out of Penn Station in New York City on a cold, sunny February morning. The train moves forward as the landscape changes—the East Coast giving way to the Midwest. Passengers fill their roles, the snow begins to fall and the next train station is announced, all while the light continues shifting, bouncing, swelling and slouching into eventual darkness.

Directed by Gina Telaroli

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