Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Who spilled vodka on the cat?” are words that, to my knowledge, have never been spoken in a movie before. Until now. They are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director Monica Strømdahl’s “Flophouse America” provides a visceral documentation of poverty in America. Flophouses are cheap, run ...

Norwegian director Monica Strømdahl spent years traveling across the United States, documenting life in cheap hotels also known as flophouses. Then in 2017, she met 11-year-old Mikal in a hotel lobby.

Sales agency Lightdox has boarded Monica Strømdahl’s “Flophouse America,” which has its world premiere on Wednesday in the main competition section of Copenhagen’s documentary festival CPH:DOX. The ...

Because of the big housing problem in the US many people move into cheap, run down hotels, the so-called Flophouse hotels. Twelve-year-old Mikal was born and raised in a hotel room he shares with his ...

Director Monica Strømdahl’s “Flophouse America” provides a visceral documentation of poverty in America. Flophouses are cheap, run-down motels where many people are forced to live when they cannot ...

12-year-old Mikal was born and raised in a hotel room he shares with his parents, who struggle with substance abuse. Driven by love and a desire for a better life, Mikal's greatest wish is for his ...