Music for a Blue Train

Music for a Blue Train
Music for a Blue Train
Directed by Mila Aung-Thwin
Produced by Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Starring Bad News Brown (Paul Frappier), Montreal Metro buskers
Release date(s) 2003
Running time 48 minutes
Country Canada

Music for a Blue Train is a 48-minute 2003 documentary about busker musicians in the Montreal Metro subway train system. It was written and directed by Mila Aung-Thwin of EyeSteelFilm and produced by Germaine Ying Gee Wong for the National Film Board of Canada.

A harmonica player known as Bad News Brown (real name Paul Frappier) acts as an impromptu host in the documentary bringing the viewers snippets of the lives of musicians in Montreal's subway system - The Metro - run by Société de transport de Montréal (STM) that gives around 60 spots on a first-come-first-serve basis, provided the musician-busker registers his name early enough as soon as the Metro opens to the public and returns during his assigned time to perform for an hour or two, amidst indifference from most passersby or, at times, a token word of encouragement.

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Directors
Mila Aung-Thwin  • Laura Bari  • Richard Boyce • Yung Chang • Daniel Cross  • Eric "Roach" Denis • Lixin Fan • Brett Gaylor  • Mitchell Kezin • Omar Majeed • Halima Ouardiri
Documentaries
The Street: A Film with the Homeless (1997)  • Too Colourful for the League (2001)  • S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic (2001)  • Music for a Blue Train (2002)  • Bone (2002)  • RoachTrip (2003)  • Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive (2004)  • Chairman George (2005)  • Punk the Vote! (2006)  • Up the Yangtze (2007)  • RiP!: A Remix Manifesto (2008) • Antoine (2008) • Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009) • Last Train Home (2009)

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