Terminal Bar (2003)
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Runtime : 23M
Director : Stefan Nadelman
Sinopse
A fascinating pictorial history of a New York City bar whose customers, from the hard-drinking working class Irish to the coiffed African American gay male, continually transform its focus during its 10-year reign.
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