IN TRANSIT journeys into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder, the busiest long-distance train route in America. Captured in the tradition of Direct Cinema, the film unfolds as a series of interconnected vignettes, ranging from overheard conversations to moments of deep intimacy, in which passengers share their fears, hopes and dreams. To some passengers, the train is flight and salvation, to others it is reckoning and loss. But for all, it is a place for personal reflection and connecting with others they may otherwise never know.

IN TRANSIT premiered in competition at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Mention before screening at over 75 other festivals and venues including the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou and the Metrograph. It was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction from the 2016 Cinema Eye Honors.

2015, U.S., 76 minutes
Directed by Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, David Usui
Produced by Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Supervising Producer, Erika Dilday
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