Faces Along the Bar

Brooklyn, 1957. In a largely Irish and Italian neighbourhood, residents are just beginning to feel the impact of the arrival of black and Hispanic families. In Kerrigan’s, the local bar, a quiet resentment is building. What had seemed permanent for so long suddenly feels threatened. Faces Along The Bar is a masterful tale of a community swept up in the volatile racial and social tensions of the period, and a profound questioning of the reality and validity of the American dream.