Bukowski: The Last Straw

Bukowski: The Last Straw (2008)

April 22nd, 20081h 14min

Documentary
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Overview

The Last Straw is a film documenting the very last live poetry reading given by Charles Bukowski at The Sweetwater, a music club in Redondo Beach, California on March 31, 1980


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