The Dogs of Train Ave
The Dogs of Train Ave is a short film that follows a talented artist who repeatedly makes startling discoveries of dead dogs found in garbage bags along a forgotten-about road in a downtrodden Cleveland neighborhood.
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Train Avenue
“Train Avenue” is a full feature documentary film investigating illegal dumping and exposing our trash crisis.
Sean Jason Kelly
Sometime in 2012, a talented Cleveland visual and tattoo artist, Sean Jason Kelly, stumbled upon a deceased dog while walking down Train Avenue – a two-mile road with a history of being an illegal dumping spot for over a century.
Over the subsequent years, Sean continuously found more and more, which turned idea into action when he began cremating the dogs to respect their lives, eventually incorporating their ashes into his art. “The Dogs of Train Ave” follows Sean and his quest to honor the dogs through his art.
Production Stills
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![Graffiti-laced wall along the railroad tracks that run horizontal to Train Avenue]()
A railroad runs along Train Avenue, which almost always has graffiti-laced walls.
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![Sean Jason Kelly sitting in the passenger seat of a car]()
Cleveland artist, Sean Jason Kelly, sitting in the passenger side of the car while driving down Train Avenue.
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![The Intersection of Willey and Train Avenue]()
The Intersection of Willey and Train Avenue, with one set of railroad tracks in front of Train Ave, and the other running in the background on the bridge.
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![The skull of a deceased dog found on W30th and Train Avenue]()
The skull and other remains of a deceased dog found on the side of the road off of W30th and Train Avenue.
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![Homeless camp on Train Avenue]()
Homeless camps as well as fire pits are common under the many bridges on Train Avenue.
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