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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars:
Crew: John Foster (Director of Photography), Bryan Gunnar Cole (Editor), Kevin Wilson (Sound Mixer), Jimi Zhivago (Original Music Composer), Erin O'Hara (Original Music Composer), Phil Bertelsen (Director)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio:
Runtime: 30 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 2000
IMDb: 10
