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2020 Sarasota Film Festival

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

• 1 hr 38 min• United States• English

About this film

In the shadows of the bright lights of Las Vegas, it's last call for a beloved dive bar known as the Roaring 20s. Its regulars, a cross section of American life, form a community—tight-knit yet forged in happenstance, teetering between dignity and debauchery, reckoning with the past as they face an uncertain future. That’s the premise, at least; the reality is as unreal as the world they're escaping from. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is a mosaic of disparate lives adrift in a failed society—disillusioned and reeling, singing while their ship goes down.

Credits

Director
Bill Ross, Turner Ross
Producer
Michael Gottwald, Chere Theriot
Cast
Peter Elwell, Michael Martin, Shay Walker
Documentary Competition (Features)
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets