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.

• Sam FleischnerDirector
• Micah BloombergWriter
• Rose Lichter-MarckWriter

• Andrea Suarez PazMariana
• Jesus ValezRicky
• Azul ZorrillaCarla
• Tenoch Huerta MejíaRicardo Sr.
• Marsha Stephanie BlakeCarmen
• Josh SafdieFighter
• Lance de los ReyesDragon Man Rick