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Riding the Bus with My Sister is a american film of genre Drama directed by Anjelica Huston released in USA on 1 may 2005 with Rosie O'Donnell
Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005)
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Add to a movie listRiding the Bus with My Sister is a memoir by Rachel Simon, published in 2002 by Houghton Mifflin about the time she spent with her sister Beth, who has a developmental disability, whose lifestyle revolves around riding buses in her home city.
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The memoir is about Simon's relationship with her sister Beth, who has an intellectual disability and who spends her days riding the fixed route buses in the Pennsylvania city where she lives. Beth also lives independently, has a boyfriend named Jesse, and receives supports from two caring Direct Support Professionals, Vera and Olivia. Rachel is a busy writer and professor who loves her sister, but by the time they are in their late thirties, they've grown apart. When Beth asks Rachel to ride the buses with her for a year, Rachel reluctantly agrees. The book chronicles that year, during which Rachel befriends the bus drivers, Jesse, and Olivia, and learns about such key civil rights issues as self-determination and People-first language. The story in the present alternates with the story of the sisters' tumultuous family history, which also presents the struggles and pleasures of siblings of people with disabilities.Actors
Rosie O'Donnell
(Beth Simon)
Andie MacDowell
(Rachel Simon)
Richard T. Jones
(Jesse)
D. W. Moffett
(Rick)
Boyd Banks
(Henry)
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