The Story: Growing Up Between the Bookshelves and the Bottles
Based on the best-selling memoir by Pulitzer-winning journalist , the film captures the messy, heartfelt process of finding oneself when the person who should be your North Star—your father—is nothing but a distant voice on the radio. The Tender Bar (2021)
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He finds that mentor in his Uncle Charlie, played by in what many critics called a career-best performance. Charlie isn't your typical role model; he’s a self-educated bartender who dispenses "male philosophy" alongside cold beers, encouraging J.R. to read every book he can find and to never stop striving for a life beyond their working-class neighborhood. Why It Works: The Power of Found Family to read every book he can find and