Stand Clear of The Closing Doors
– When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long o..
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.
05 Apr 2014
English, Spanish
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
The story of an autistic youth named Ricky who, after a particularly difficult day at school, escapes into the subways. It's here that he starts his real journey, on a days-long voyage of discovery while, above ground, his mom frantically searches for him.
4 wins & 3 nominations.
$7,000
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