The Parking Lot Movie

The Parking Lot Movie is an American documentary film directed by Meghan Eckman. It was filmed from 2007 to 2010 and premiered at the South By Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas, in 2010. It was purchased by PBS and aired nationwide on Independent Lens October 19, 2010, opening the series 2010 season.

The film centers on the experience of the attendants, who are primarily students at the nearby University of Virginia, and mostly majoring in Liberal Arts subjects such as Philosophy or Anthropology. The result is that they are given the opportunity while working at the Corner Parking lot to examine aspects of the human condition in terms of societal norms and values, as well as to refine their own personal philosophy of life. In the words of John Lindaman, one of the attendants who had worked there foryears It taught me how to be a human being. It is this aspect of the film that sets it apart from other documentaries.Director Meghan Eckman and assistant director Christopher Hlad filmed The Parking Lot Movie over a threeyear period, from 2007 to 2010, predominantly in and around the Corner Parking Lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The crew interviewed at leastpeople associated with the parking lot, including owner Chris Farina, current attendants, and former attendants. ........

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