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Motel

Motel

1989•1h 27m•6.5/10
Documentary

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6.5/10(2)

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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Production

Caligari Film

Language

EN

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Released

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Nancy Harrison Forbes

Self

Tom Willett

Self

Marta Becket

Self

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