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The Sunshine

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Documentary

Overview

Portrait of the Sunshine Hotel, a flop house on the Bowery in New York's skid row. We meet Vic, the desk clerk, who paints watercolours and pastels; Jonesy, a janitor who talks about bedbugs; Bruce, a voluble alcoholic who makes runs for residents, picking up beer or sandwiches for them and sharing his philosophy with us; Vinnie, on methadone, caring for caged birds; Cashmere, a prostitute, the only woman at the hotel; Earl, who works downstairs in the Bowery's last factory, and Mike, the general manager, who talks about the changing face of the Bowery. The film concludes with tourists outside the Sunshine, hearing from Seth Kamil of Big Onion Walking Tours.

Keywords

new york city
hotel
skid row
short film
the bowery
flophouse

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 2000
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Director: Phil Bertelsen
Producer: Phil Bertelsen
Cinematography: John Foster
Music: Jimi Zhivago,Erin O'Hara
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0264053