Off the rails / Gemini Pictures in association with Zipper Brothers Films ; produced by Glen Zipper and Adam Irving ; directed by Adam Irving.

[Place of publication not identified] : Off the Rails, 2016.

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The remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome, whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. As a boy in Queens, NY, Darius found sanctuary from school bullies in the subway. There he befriended transit workers who taught him to drive trains. By age 8, he memorized the entire subway system. At 15, he drove a packed train 6 stops by himself, making all the stops and announcements. Over the next three decades, Darius commandeered hundreds of trains and buses, staying en route and on schedule, without ever getting paid. He attended transit worker union meetings, lobbying for better pay and working conditions for a union he didn't belong to. Although Darius has never damaged any property or hurt anyone in his decades of service, he has spent 23 years in maximum security prison. Darius' recidivism embodies the criminal justice system’s failure to channel the passions of a harmless, mentally-challenged man into a productive career and purposeful life.

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November 15, 2019