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Life and Death at the Ambassador Hotel

Life and Death at the Ambassador Hotel

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📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1994-11-15
⌚ Running Time: 51 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Hank Wilson original image
Mr Ambassador
Hank Wilson
Peter Wilson original image
reporter
Peter Wilson
Pam Moore original image
Narrator/reporter
Pam Moore
Peter Wilson original image
Narrator/reporter
Peter Wilson
Val Robb original image
RN Nurse
Val Robb
Carolyn Jones original image
RN Nurse
Carolyn Jones
Bob Lawless original image
RN Nurse
Bob Lawless
Victoria Sanabria original image
Social worker
Victoria Sanabria
Tom Calvanese original image
Hotel asssitant
Tom Calvanese

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