Dirs. Albert Maysles, Lynn True, David Usui, Nelson Walker III, Benjamin Wu. 2015, 76 mins. Digital projection. In Transit brings viewers aboard the Empire Builder, America’s busiest long-distance train route. Riding on the train as it hurtles back and forth between Chicago and Seattle/Portland, Maysles and Co. move between interconnected vignettes, overheard conversations, and sudden moments of transcendence. Fulfilling Albert Maysles’s career-long dream of capturing the profound, poignantly fleeting culture of rail life, the legendary director's final film serves as a loving portrait of America, travel, and the varieties of human connection.

"[B]eautifully assembled and touching, and an apt memorial for Mr. Maysles"—The New York Times

"Maysles and his collaborators capture 'the rhythm of the tracks' in their film. It is a machine that generates empathy."—RogerEbert.com

New Release
In Transit
Saturday, July 8, 4:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room New Release
In Transit
Saturday, July 8, 6:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room New Release
In Transit
Sunday, July 9, 2:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room New Release
In Transit
Sunday, July 9, 4:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room New Release
In Transit
Sunday, July 9, 6:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

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