Taxiway ( Taxi way )

Taxiway (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Taxi way
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
60 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Alicia Harrison

Written By:
Alicia Harrison

Actors:
Alicia Harrison

Synopsis:

What does it mean to try to become who you want to be? How do you choose your life instead of letting it be shaped by circumstance? French-American director Alicia Harrison's documentary poses these universal questions from an unlikely place: the interiors of taxicabs across New York City. She weaves together immigrant drivers' stories of struggle, resignation, and hope, opening a rare window into the lives of the taxi drivers so many of us interact with regularly without ever really knowing. Harrison grew up in the city, and her sharp eye for people and place and sympathetic questioning help shape an intimate portrait of contemporary New York City as seen through its streets and the cab drivers who navigate them.

In the intimacy of the taxicab, New York's immigrant taxi drivers tell their stories of exile. While sketching the outlines of tomorrow's American, their tales question what it means to try to become who you want to be: how do you find your way, 'my way'? How do you drive the vehicle of life? Together, they weave a collective fable of exile and choice.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 10 April, 2016.