Bus Rider's Union (2000): cast, story & where to watch
2000 · Film
Released in 2000, Bus Rider's Union is a documentary film directed by Haskell Wexler, running about 87 minutes.
What it’s about. A 1998 editorial in Time magazine made the claim that the city of Los Angeles "might just have the most inept public-transport system on the planet earth. . . . The neglected bus system, which still handles 91% of all transit riders,is now roughly as efficient as travel by burro." Academy Award–winning cinematographer and director Haskell Wexler (Medium Cool, Latino) has now fashioned a new documentary tracing three years in the life of a group of bus-rider activists passionately engaged in the struggle to bring affordable, safe, and adequate mass transit back to their city. What might at first sound like a well-intentioned but rather parochial subject for a film has resulted in a truly inspiring lesson in how working-class, predominantly minority citizens forge an effective social movement and how, like Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycotters of the 1950s, a group of committed individuals can successfully challenge the powers that seek to control their lives.
Who’s in it. Bus Rider's Union stars Della Bonner, Kikanza Ramsey and Eric Mann.
Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Bus Rider's Union page.
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- Who stars in Bus Rider's Union?
- Bus Rider's Union stars Della Bonner, Kikanza Ramsey and Eric Mann.