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2002 · FILM

American Waitress, New Mexico

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Synopsis

Director Vanessa Vassar's humorous and humbling documentary puts a name to the face of four New Mexico food servers, who dispense their thoughts about social structures, sexual politics and spirituality with hard-won grace and wit. Their views about the vocation range from realistic to romantic to existential, but the mystery of how these waitresses spend their time off -- motorcycling, welding, mountain climbing -- may be the greater revelation.

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Principal cast & crew: 8

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Edited by Grant TaylorShot by Gabriel Lopez ShawScored by Phonoroid

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