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Life and Death at the Ambassador Hotel

1994 · 51 min Documentary
6.0 / 10 · TMDB

1994 at the Ambassador Hotel, 55 Mason Street in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, California. From 1978 to 1996, the hotel was managed by Hank Wilson, a San Francisco LGBT activist who made the hotel a model for harm reduction housing. 134 run-down and exhausted rooms populated by homeless men and women, sometimes even children. All of them in urgent need of care, compassion and humanity. Nobly provided by voluntarily working professional health care and social workers staff, various benefactors, volunteers, neighbors, and community contributions.

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Year 1994
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Ken Swartz
Runtime 51 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.0/10 (1 votes)

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Life and Death at the Ambassador Hotel has mixed reviews with a rating of 6.0/10. Good for a relaxed evening without high expectations.

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A classic from 1994. They don't make them like this anymore — which is exactly why you should watch it. Best for: viewers looking to try something new without being too demanding.

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