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For the Destiny's Child song, see <a href="/wiki/Get_on_the_Bus_(song)" title="Get on the Bus (song)">Get on the Bus (song)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1996 American film</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Get on the Bus</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Get_on_the_Bus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Get_on_the_Bus.jpg/220px-Get_on_the_Bus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Get_on_the_Bus.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="389" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Rock_Bythewood" title="Reggie Rock Bythewood">Reggie Rock Bythewood</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Cannon" title="Reuben Cannon">Reuben Cannon</a> <br />Barry Rosenbush <br />Bill Borden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Belzer" title="Richard Belzer">Richard Belzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De%27aundre_Bonds" class="mw-redirect" title="De'aundre Bonds">De'aundre Bonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Braugher" title="Andre Braugher">Andre Braugher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Byrd" title="Thomas Jefferson Byrd">Thomas Jefferson Byrd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Casseus" title="Gabriel Casseus">Gabriel Casseus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hall_(actor)" title="Albert Hall (actor)">Albert Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Harper" title="Hill Harper">Hill Harper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Lennix" title="Harry Lennix">Harry Lennix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Mac" title="Bernie Mac">Bernie Mac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Pierce" title="Wendell Pierce">Wendell Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Guenveur_Smith" title="Roger Guenveur Smith">Roger Guenveur Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Washington" title="Isaiah Washington">Isaiah Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_White_(actor)" title="Steve White (actor)">Steve White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dutton" title="Charles S. Dutton">Charles S. Dutton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Davis_(cinematographer)" title="Elliot Davis (cinematographer)">Elliot Davis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Leander T. Sales</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Terence_Blanchard" title="Terence Blanchard">Terence Blanchard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40_Acres_and_a_Mule_Filmworks" title="40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks">40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Motion_Picture_Group#Sony_Pictures_Releasing" title="Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group">Sony Pictures Releasing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>October 16, 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1996-10-16</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">120 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$2,400,000<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$5,691,854<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Get on the Bus</b></i> is a 1996 American <a href="/wiki/Drama" title="Drama">drama</a><sup id="cite_ref-rt_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> film about a group of <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Million_Man_March" title="Million Man March">Million Man March</a>. The film was directed by <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> and premiered on the first <a href="/wiki/Anniversary" title="Anniversary">anniversary</a> of the March.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-latimes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the first film directed by Lee in which he does not appear. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Get_on_the_Bus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fifteen disparate <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> men board a bus in Los Angeles bound for Washington, D.C., where they plan on attending the <a href="/wiki/Million_Man_March" title="Million Man March">Million Man March</a>. Other than their race, destination, and gender, the men have nothing in common: George is the trip organizer; Xavier is an aspiring filmmaker hoping to make a documentary of the March; Flip is the vain but charismatic and openly homophobic and sexist actor; Kyle and Randall are a homosexual couple; Gary, a biracial police officer; Jamal is a former <a href="/wiki/Gang" title="Gang">gang banger</a> turned devout <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> who has evaded prosecution for the murders he committed; Evan Jr., is a petty criminal who has been permitted to break probation to attend the march on the condition that he remain handcuffed to his father, Evan Sr. </p><p>As the bus travels across country, Xavier conducts interviews with the various attendees, allowing them to express their views on race, religion, and politics. The interviews often provoke outbursts from other men on the bus, invariably leading to many political confrontations. Jeremiah, the eldest member of the group, is an 80-year-old former alcoholic who lost his job and family, has found new meaning in life and is energized by the Million Man March, and embraces his African heritage; his philosophies on the black experience and stories of precolonial Africa serve to unite the men and ease tensions and the infighting among them. </p><p>En route the bus breaks down and the men are forced to board another bus, driven by an ethnically <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> white man named Rick. A couple of the passengers harass Rick as a white man, and Rick ultimately refuses to drive any further, citing the group's prejudice and his opposition to antisemitic remarks made by the leader of the march, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan" title="Louis Farrakhan">Louis Farrakhan</a>. George, himself a bus driver, accuses Rick of cultural <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a>, but begrudgingly agrees to cover for Rick, who leaves. George takes over driving for the remainder of the trip, with help from Evan Sr. </p><p>As the bus passes through the American south, the men are greeted hospitably by several white southerners at various restaurants and rest stops. At one stop, the men pick up Wendell, a wealthy African American <a href="/wiki/Lexus" title="Lexus">Lexus</a> salesman who sees attending the march as a way to make business connections. Wendell, a self-proclaimed conservative Republican, makes disparaging remarks about whom he sees as lazy and stupid African Americans. Though he gets some agreement from Kyle, ultimately the other men perceive Wendell as too insulting and just wanting to make money off the march; they forcibly toss him out of the bus. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Knoxville" class="mw-redirect" title="Knoxville">Knoxville</a>, Tennessee, the bus is pulled over by a pair of racist state troopers, who accuse the men of using the bus to smuggle drugs. The bus and its passengers are checked by a drug-sniffing police dog, turning up no evidence of drugs; the troopers then condescendingly allow the bus to resume its journey. </p><p>As the bus nears Washington, Jeremiah passes out and is rushed to a hospital. The doctors there discover that Jeremiah is suffering from advanced <a href="/wiki/Coronary_artery_disease" title="Coronary artery disease">coronary artery disease</a>, which made the stress of the trip potentially deadly for him. Evan Sr. and Jr., Gary, Jamal, and Xavier opt to stay with Jeremiah at the hospital and watch the march on television while the rest of the men leave in the bus to attend. Shortly after they leave, Jeremiah dies. The rest of the group returns to the hospital, saying that, to stay true to the spirit of the March, they chose not to attend the march but to return and be with Jeremiah. </p><p>As the bus prepares to return to Los Angeles, the men find a <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayer</a> that Jeremiah wrote with the intention of praying it when the bus arrived at Washington, D.C. The men drive to the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a>, where George leads the men in Jeremiah's prayer, and the film ends with Evan Jr. and Senior's handcuffs left at the Lincoln memorial. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Get_on_the_Bus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>George (<a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dutton" title="Charles S. Dutton">Charles S. Dutton</a>) – the bus driver and trip organizer.</li> <li>Jeremiah aka "Pop" (<a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a>) – a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downsize" class="extiw" title="wikt:downsize">downsized</a> <a href="/wiki/Senior_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior citizen">senior citizen</a> who is an expert on <a href="/wiki/African-American_history" title="African-American history">African-American history</a>.</li> <li>Evan & Evan Jr. aka "Smooth" (<a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Byrd" title="Thomas Jefferson Byrd">Thomas Jefferson Byrd</a> and <a href="/wiki/De%27Aundre_Bonds" title="De'Aundre Bonds">De'Aundre Bonds</a>) – an estranged father and son who are <a href="/wiki/Court_order" title="Court order">court ordered</a> to be <a href="/wiki/Shackle" title="Shackle">shackled</a> together for 72 hours after Junior's <a href="/wiki/Arrest" title="Arrest">arrest</a> for <a href="/wiki/Petty_theft" class="mw-redirect" title="Petty theft">petty theft</a>.</li> <li>Kyle & Randall (<a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Washington" title="Isaiah Washington">Isaiah Washington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_J._Lennix" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry J. Lennix">Harry J. Lennix</a>) – a gay couple in the midst of breaking up.</li> <li>Flip (<a href="/wiki/Andre_Braugher" title="Andre Braugher">Andre Braugher</a>) – a <a href="/wiki/Narcissism" title="Narcissism">narcissistic</a> <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a>.</li> <li>Gary Rivers (<a href="/wiki/Roger_Guenveur_Smith" title="Roger Guenveur Smith">Roger Guenveur Smith</a>) – a <a href="/wiki/Police_officer" title="Police officer">police officer</a> who is <a href="/wiki/Biracial" class="mw-redirect" title="Biracial">half black and half white</a>.</li> <li>Xavier Moore aka "X" (<a href="/wiki/Hill_Harper" title="Hill Harper">Hill Harper</a>) – a <a href="/wiki/UCLA_School_of_Theater_Film_and_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA School of Theater Film and Television">UCLA Film School</a> student who is making a <a href="/wiki/Documentary_film" title="Documentary film">documentary</a>.</li> <li>Jamal (<a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Casseus" title="Gabriel Casseus">Gabriel Casseus</a>) – a former <a href="/wiki/Gangster" title="Gangster">gangster</a> turned <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> seeking <a href="/wiki/Redemption_(religious)" class="mw-redirect" title="Redemption (religious)">redemption</a>.</li> <li>Jay (<a href="/wiki/Bernie_Mac" title="Bernie Mac">Bernie Mac</a>) – a <a href="/wiki/Bubble_gum" title="Bubble gum">bubble gum</a> company owner.</li> <li>Mike (<a href="/wiki/Steve_White_(actor)" title="Steve White (actor)">Steve White</a>) – a <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy</a> theorist who thinks the march is a plot to gather one million black men in one place for mass <a href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">extermination</a>.</li> <li>Craig (<a href="/wiki/Albert_Hall_(actor)" title="Albert Hall (actor)">Albert Hall</a>) – the original <a href="/wiki/Bus_driver" title="Bus driver">bus driver</a> who is dealing with his teenage daughter's pregnancy.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_passengers">Other passengers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Get_on_the_Bus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other passengers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three additional bus passengers are shown observing the action. They are credited but are not introduced nor are they given dialogue: </p> <ul><li>Jadi McCurdy as Ja-Dee, a young man with <a href="/wiki/Dreadlocks" title="Dreadlocks">dreadlocks</a>.</li> <li>Hosea Brown III as Doc. Brown, a real-life <a href="/wiki/M.D." class="mw-redirect" title="M.D.">M.D.</a> who served as the set doctor during filming.</li> <li>Guy Margo as Khalid, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Nation_of_Islam" title="Nation of Islam">Nation of Islam</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_cast">Additional cast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Get_on_the_Bus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Additional cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Belzer" title="Richard Belzer">Richard Belzer</a> as Rick</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Pierce" title="Wendell Pierce">Wendell Pierce</a> as Wendell Perry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristen_Wilson" title="Kristen Wilson">Kristen Wilson</a> as Shelly Maxwell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Jai_Parker" title="Paula Jai Parker">Paula Jai Parker</a> as Jamilia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gina_Ravera" title="Gina Ravera">Gina Ravera</a> as Gina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joie_Lee" title="Joie Lee">Joie Lee</a> as Jindal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Quaid" title="Randy Quaid">Randy Quaid</a> as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Get_on_the_Bus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Get_on_the_Bus_(soundtrack)" title="Get on the Bus (soundtrack)">Get on the Bus (soundtrack)</a></div> <p>The soundtrack to the film, <i><a href="/wiki/Get_on_the_Bus_(soundtrack)" title="Get on the Bus (soundtrack)">Get on the Bus: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture</a></i>, was released in October 1996 on <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a>. "New World Order" by <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a> was released as a single. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> recorded the song "<a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Ghosts#On_the_Line" title="Michael Jackson's Ghosts">On the Line</a>" specifically for the film. It can be heard during the opening credits. Although it wasn't included on the soundtrack album, it was released on the <i>Limited Edition Minimax CD</i> included in the Deluxe Collector Box Set of <i><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Ghosts" title="Michael Jackson's Ghosts">Michael Jackson's Ghosts</a></i> in 1997, with a longer version released on the 2004 box set <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Collection_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="The Ultimate Collection (Michael Jackson album)">The Ultimate Collection</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Get_on_the_Bus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film received generally positive reviews. On the <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film scored an 89% rating, based on reviews from 45 critics. The website's consensus reads, "<i>Get on the Bus</i> finds Spike Lee pulling a page from history with fervor and flair, offering a strong, stirring fact-based drama further elevated by an array of solid performances."<sup id="cite_ref-rt_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Critic <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> gave the film a perfect four star rating, stating "What makes <i>Get on the Bus</i> extraordinary is the truth and feeling that go into its episodes".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Todd_McCarthy" title="Todd McCarthy">Todd McCarthy</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> praised the film, calling it "A vital regeneration of a filmmaker's talent as well as a bracing and often very funny dramatization of urgent sociopolitical themes" and he called the film "Spike Lee's most satisfying work since <i><a href="/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing" title="Do the Right Thing">Do the Right Thing</a>.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film was entered into the <a href="/wiki/47th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="47th Berlin International Film Festival">47th Berlin International Film Festival</a> where it won an Honourable Mention.<sup id="cite_ref-Berlinale_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berlinale-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Get_on_the_Bus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 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