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Independent Lens  The Parking Lot Movie

Parking attendants in a college town wax philosophical about cars and the meaning of life.

 
 

Program: Independent Lens

Episode: The Parking Lot Movie

Delve into the rarefied world of one small parking lot in a college town, and the asphalt philosophers who work as attendants there scrutinizing cars and license plates, capitalism, anger, justice, drunkenness, spiritual awakenings, class struggle, entitlement, and the plight of the service sector worker.

Duration: (52:48)
Premiere Date: 10/19/2010
Episode Expires: Wed 27 Oct 2010
TV Rating: TV-PG

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