Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2013)

When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class he escapes into the subway for a dayslong odyssey among the subways 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