A portrait of the day-to-day reality of a Ramallah taxi driver caught between checkpoints and politics.

Director Hany Abu-Assad follows cab driver Rajai and his passengers through Ramallah and Jerusalem, as they detour around roadblocks and speed through short cuts. Rajai's passengers form a heterogeneous group of ordinary people and local celebrities who, with humor and sincerity, express divergent opinions about the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel.

Film information
Language(s): 
In English and Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles
Genre: 
Documentary
Year: 
2002
Running time: 
80m
Filmmaker(s): 
Hany Abu-Assad
Country of production: 
Palestine
Links to Screening Details:
Location: 

Walter Reade Theater at The Film Society of Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St Purchase tickets

Date and time: 
June 16, 2009 4:00pm +0000

Director Hany Abu-Assad follows cab driver Rajai and his passengers through Ramallah and Jerusalem, as they detour around roadblocks and speed through short cuts. Rajai's passengers form a heterogeneous group of ordinary people and local celebrities who, with humor and sincerity, express divergent opinions about the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel.