Chicken Ranch (film)

Chicken Ranch
Directed bySandi Sissel
Nick Broomfield
Produced byNick Broomfield
CinematographySandi Sissel
Edited byJulian Ware
Release date
  • September 1982 (1982-09)
Running time
74 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Chicken Ranch is a 1982 documentary film produced by Nick Broomfield about the famous legalized brothel, the Chicken Ranch, in Pahrump, Nevada.[1] Co-directed and photographed by Sandi Sissel.[2]

The documentary, which remains purely observational for the most part, depicts the prostitutes as likeable characters often looking for a way out of the remote location where the brothel is situated. The film shows the girls lining up for potential clients, joking about their job, and interacting with one another within the brothel.

  1. ^ Maslin, Janet (1 June 1983). "Documentary about a Brothel". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ Lloyd, Robert (5 February 2008). "Documentary visits the Chicken Ranch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 May 2019.