Peeking inside hourly motels in Miami

First-time feature doc-maker Alison Rose got some extremely personal stories out of frequent guests at a pay-by-the-hour motel in Miami for her film Love at the Twilight Motel. No small feat for patrons of a motel that provides complete secrecy for its guests - private parking spots and back entrances to the rooms. Rose tells realscreen how she got these intimate stories on film and which daughter of a Cuban political icon inspired her to make the film.
May 6, 2009

First-time feature doc-maker Alison Rose got some extremely personal stories out of frequent guests at a pay-by-the-hour motel in Miami for her film Love at the Twilight Motel. No small feat for patrons of a motel that provides complete secrecy for its guests - private parking spots and back entrances to the rooms. Rose tells realscreen how she got these intimate stories on film and which daughter of a Cuban political icon inspired her to make the film.

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