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A Mother's Story (1997)

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An elderly woman bringing her wandering schizophrenic adult son back home to Kentucky. (5:30)

In the Army (1997)
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An eighteen-year-old on his way to be inducted into the US Army. The next day, a group of young men who've just completed boot camp

Going Home (1997)
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In Mississippi, a man just released from Parchman Farm prison and a young man on his way to college to study criminal justice.

Oldest Driver (1997)
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75-year-old Eben Holloway, the oldest and longest-serving driver in the country, in his fiftieth year driving a bus. On this run through Louisiana, he picks up an elderly woman he used to take to college.

Homesick Blues (1997)
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In East Texas, a hurricane refugee on her way from North Carolina and, in Jackson, Mississippi, a young woman who left her husband the day before on her way back home.

Front of the Bus (1997)
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Elderly African-American riders recalling the years they had to ride on the back of the bus.

Going Home II: Eddie and Jessica (1997)
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A young homeless man battling alcoholism and a 14-year-old girl returning home after a week in an alcohol rehab center.

The Last Leg (1997)
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A ex-champion boxer, a jilted lover, and a New Mexican artist claiming to be the niece of Georgia O'Keeffe.

Music Highway: Searching for Elvis (1997)
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Conversations with Elvis worshipers going to and from Graceland on Highway 40.

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Dan on the busBus Stories

A group of men board a bus in the heart of the Mississippi Delta wearing sparkling white uniforms and broad smiles. They've just been released from the Parchmen Farm State Penitentiary. One is headed to see his one-year-old son for the first time. He vows to turn his life around.

A forlorn-looking 19-year-old woman in Jackson, Mississippi balances her baby on her hip, takes a last drag from a cigarette, and climbs aboard a southbound bus. She was headed north, to Idaho, to start a new life, but turned back in Memphis. Despite a marriage that's on the rocks, she's decided she can't live without her husband and their two-year-old son back in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Eighteen million people crisscross the countryside aboard Greyhound buses each year. Here are some of their stories.