Bless Their Little Hearts
Billy Woodberry / US, 1984 / 80 min.
Powerful portrait of a Black working class family trying to get by, in spite of domestic tensions. A key work of the L.A. Rebellion movement – a groundbreaking current within Afro-American cinema, with a great screenplay and camerawork by Charles Burnett.
Charlie Banks (Nate Hardman) is looking hard for some steady work. While his wife Andais (Kaycee Moore) tries to supplement the family of five’s income, Charlie seeks to soothe his bruised masculinity in an extramarital affair – putting both his marriage and his family on the line.
Film restoration by Ross Lipman with Billy Woodberry at UCLA Film & Television Archive. Digitally restored in 2K by Re-Kino, Warsaw.
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Director
Billy Woodberry
Production year
1984
Country
US
Original title
Bless Their Little Hearts
Length
80 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Everyday Blues
Rarely shown, now finally back on the big screen: the films of legendary American filmmaker Charles Burnett, a pioneer of the Black independent cinema movement of the ’70s and ’80s known as L.A. Rebellion. Three of his films have now been digitally restored, including his debut Killer of Sheep.
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