Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Andrea Suarez, Jesus Valez, Azul Zorrilla, Tenoch Huerta MejÃa, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Josh Safdie, Lance de los Reyes
Crew: Susan Shopmaker (Casting), Adam Jandrup (Director of Photography), Dave Saltzman (Producer), Alan Lampert (Art Direction), Ethan Palmer (Director of Photography)