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Legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler directs this vérité activist documentary about the pathetic state of L.A.'s public transportation system. Recalling his first film, The Bus (1965), Wexler focuses on the city's appallingly overbudgeted -- and largely useless -- subway project, as well as its underfunded bus service. The film follows a small band of activists who lobby the city government to purchase more buses and pay bus drivers a higher salary.