New York City's Bowery has a notorious history and is synonymous with hobos, drunks and the downtrodden. This documentary portrays one of the street's last remaining flophouses in a neighborhood transformed by gentrification. The Sunshine Hotel is a link to the Bowery's rapidly vanishing past and home to a fascinating array of characters who tell how they ended up there. Our guide and narrator is the hotel's manager, who introduces us to the residents.
New York City's Bowery has a notorious history and is synonymous with hobos, drunks and the downtrodden. This documentary portrays one of the street's last remaining flophouses in a neighborhood transformed by gentrification. The Sunshine Hotel is a link to the Bowery's rapidly vanishing past and home to a fascinating array of characters who tell...