| One Tough Mother | |
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| Directed by | Jon Monday |
| Produced by | Dennis Del Torre and Jon Monday |
| Starring | Charles Bukowski |
| Distributed by | mondayMEDIA |
| Release date(s) | 2010 |
| Running time | 350 min. |
| Language | English |
One Tough Mother[1] is a box set of the unedited final two readings writer/poet Charles Bukowski ever gave, even through he lived and wrote for another 14 years. It includes interviews with the director of Bukowski documentary Born Into This, a short film of the 25th Anniversary of the Vancouver reading, and a short film of a celebration of Bukowski at the Huntington Library in California[2]. It is produced by Dennis Del Torre and Jon Monday and directed by Jon Monday for mondayMEDIA distribution.
Edited versions of the last two readings were released on DVD as There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here and The Last Straw. A decision was made by the producers of the films to release unedited versions of the readings, together with substantial extras, which includes performances of Bukowski poems staged by Joannne Gordon[3][4] and interviews with people who knew and worked with the author.