The Best Hotel on Skid Row
Cast
Credits
Written by: Renee Tajima-Pena
Cinematography: 
Christine Choy Michel Negroponte
Editing: Geof Bartz
Produced by: Christine Choy Peter Davis Renee Tajima-Pena
Plot
America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there. It talks to a prostitute and heroin addict named Becky, a drug dealer and traveler names John, and an heavy drinking alcoholic named Jack Woodrow Wilson.
Sinekatalog’s take
A raw documentary visit to a run-down hotel in Los Angeles, where residents speak openly about addiction, survival and desperation. It does not look away, so it demands a strong stomach but offers real human testimony.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.3 / 10 (63 votes)
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