🎬 Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

This film follows the regulars of the Roaring 20s, a Las Vegas dive bar, through its last day and night before it closes for good. It feels like being a fly on the wall as they talk, drink, argue and look out for one another. It was shot in a bar in Louisiana and blurs documentary and fiction.

Key Themes

• Community and belonging in an unlikely place
• Loneliness, loss and saying goodbye
• How people cope when life is hard
• Seeing the person behind the story

Sissoo recommends this because it makes you really think about what happened to these people, and how to help others in similar circumstances. It's also very good to discuss afterwards, so you may like to watch it with others. The film shows heavy drinking throughout, so choose your moment.

If it brings something up for you, our speaking and listening therapies give you a place to talk it through.

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