Just as poker is only part of the story of the 1974 film California Split — about which we were recently reminiscing with writer/co-producer Joseph Walsh — so, too, is poker a small but meaningful part of a larger tale told by the 2015 documentary Freeway City.
The Robert Altman-directed Split is a realistic study of gambling, generally speaking, with poker a favored game of the protagonists. Meanwhile Freeway City presents the story of a Los Angeles suburb where the game of poker had a significant impact on its growth and culture.