Tales of the American is a 2018 English-language Documentary film. For some, it was a fresh start. For others, a last resort. It was the home of Al's Bar, the ultimate punk-rock dive. Built in 1905 to provide first-class accommodations for negroes, the American Hotel has been a haven for society's outsiders for than a century. Writers, musicians, filmmakers and painters have all called the four-story brick building home. The American Hotel is the heart of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. But as gentrification and development drastically and rapidly change the urban environment around it, its free bohemian spirit is struggling to survive. Tales of the american features Mat Gleason, Emmeric Konrad, Jake La Botz, Steven Lamprinos, Tiger Moon, Melissa Morch and Michael Shamus Wiles.