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Chicken Ranch | |
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Directed by | Sandi Sissel Nick Broomfield |
Produced by | Nick Broomfield |
Cinematography | Sandi Sissel |
Edited by | Julian Ware |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Language | English |
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.