The Dropper

After the death of his mother Albert 'Shoe' Horn is left to provide for his alcoholic father and look after his younger brother Bobby—a teenager with the mind of a child. After Shoe inadvertently kills a man in a fight he must try to balance the need to protect his brother and his desire to protect himself. Shoe’s story unfolds against the 1922 union strikes in England as he must choose between living his father’s life with his brother or a new life in America alone.