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    Off the Rails

    Poster of the movie Off the Rails
    2016     Documentary    
    USA/Canada
    1h 26min

    The story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes.

    As a boy in Queens, NY, Darius found sanctuary from school bullies in the subway. There he befriended transit workers who taught him to drive trains. By age 8, he memorized the entire subway system. At 15, he drove a packed train 8 stops by himself, making all the stops and announcements. Over the next three decades, Darius commandeered hundreds of trains and buses, staying en route and on schedule, without ever getting paid. He attended transit worker union meetings, lobbying for better pay and working conditions for a union he didn't belong to.

    Directed byAdam Irving
    Written byTchavdar Georgiev, Adam Irving
    CompanyThe Film CollaborativeThe Film CollaborativeThe Film Collaborative

    Featuring

    Devonte Lewis
    Renée Strauss
    Shapour Daneshmand
    Sally Butler
    Evan Croft
    Yun Liu
    Jonathan Irving
    Elizabeth Loebman
    Charles Bilal
    Jervis Cameron
    Charles Trenholme
    Maki Spencer
    Raymond Kingu
    Jude Domski
    Courtney Brown
    Shaun Clarke
    Suzanne Pratley
    Ray Sanchez
    Ann Sennet
    Marcia Scheiner
    Cairo Lester
    Wanda Forden
    Rey Cusicanqui
    Stephanie Greene
    Hunter Hibbard
    Gabriel Solomon
    Lori Shery
    Darius McCollum
    + MORE

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