Motel

Jan 23, 1989

1h 27m

★ 6.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Caligari Film

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Cast

Self

Nancy Harrison Forbes

Self

Tom Willett

Self

Marta Becket

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