Bad Whiskey Blues
Documentary Feature
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26m
It was the weekend of October 21, 1951.
It was supposed to be an ordinary weekend, with dives and house parties packed with the working-class people of the Summerhill and Peoplestown communities singing, laughing, and dancing their troubles away.
But somebody brought in a batch of bootleg liquor that changed the trajectory of these communities forever, and the only real way the people survived was through faith, resilience, and hope.
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