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Video: Shanti Rides Shotgun
On Manhattan’s jam-packed streets, NYC’s most iconic driving instructor prepares students for the road ahead.
Running time: 8 minutes
2025 SXSW – World Premiere
2025 Critics Choice Award – Best Documentary Short Nominee
2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest – Winner, Best Documentary Short
2025 AFI Fest – Winner, Grand Jury Award
2025 Nashville Film Festival – Winner, Audience Award
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- Daniel Lombroso Producer
- Peter Pascucci Cinematographer
- Meliz Yilmaz Producer
- Charles Frank Director
- Nico Frank Editor
- Voyager Production Company
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While I was learning to drive I managed to turn over my grandad’s Valiant and Airstream trailer in the middle of the desert when my dad told me to pass another car and trailer. We skidded on my brother’s surfboard and watched the widow crack in front of us. I heard words from dad I never heard before. There was some tv show on at the time that started with a window cracking the same way. The other car and trailer stopped and I remember crying my eyes out as the older woman from the car we passed held me.
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Wow. Did you learn to drive eventually?
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🤣yep, still do. But will never again pull a big trailer with a little car.
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I learned to drive mostly on rural roads in central Michigan–what a contrast to this wonderful video.
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HA! I learned to drive on rural Texas roads… quite different than learning on the crowded streets of NYC.
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I like the story and characters here. Real story. Real characters.
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