Meet the Makers: Lives in Transit

Global Lives Project
Part of

54th New York Film Festival

September 30 - 11, 2016

Lives in Transit chronicles 24 hours in the lives of transportation workers from around the world. Join us for a screening of shorts about drivers of boats, buses, trains, motorcycles, cars and horse carts; a traveling circus performer; and a collector of a rare aphrodisiac fungus. A panel of the films’ directors will speak about their experiences collaborating to make this series possible.

DIRECTOR
Global Lives Project
RUNTIME
90 minutes

Lives in Transit chronicles 24 hours in the lives of transportation workers from around the world. Join us for a screening of shorts about drivers of boats, buses, trains, motorcycles, cars and horse carts; a traveling circus performer; and a collector of a rare aphrodisiac fungus. A panel of the films’ directors will speak about their experiences collaborating to make this series possible.

Attendees are invited to a reception with free Stella beer from 7:30pm – 8:00pm in the Furman Gallery, where the exhibit is on display.

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