Documentary looking at the culture of three motels and their owners who remain untouched by homogenization and corporatism, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Florence, Arizona; and the semi-ghost town of Death Valley Junction, California. Everyone has an unusual story to tell.
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Christian Blackwood Director · Monika Abspacher Editor Ingo Hermann Editor
United States release January 23, 1989 · Produced in Germany
Production
Caligari Film
Production
Germany
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 23, 1989
Premiere · U.S. Film Festival, Sundance Institute, Park City, UT
United States
October 22, 1989 · Premiere · Chicago Int'l Film Festival
August 28, 1990 · TV · PBS "POV"
Canada
September 10, 1989 · Premiere · Toronto Int'l Film Festival - "world premiere"
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