Bless Their Little Hearts (Bluesy Dreams)
1984
United States
80 minutes
English
Seven years after Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, Woodberry describes the moral and psychological damage that unemployment and marginalisation have wreaked on a couple in the Watts district. In a landscape of de-industrialisation prey to gang violence, Woodberry uses restrained tension and harrowing nuance to reveal the effects of a system that abandons the workforce to the consequences of its crises. Billy Woodberry presented this work as his UCLA thesis film.
Born in Dallas, Billy Woodberry is a filmmaker and teacher. He has worked with Charles Burnett, Thom Andersen and James Benning, and his films include The Architect, the Ants and the Bees.
Production :
Billy Woodberry
Billy Woodberry
Editing :
Billy Woodberry
Billy Woodberry
Photography :
Charles Burnett
Charles Burnett
Cast :
Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, Ronald Burnett, Kimberly Burnett, Langston Woodberry, Eugene Cherry
Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, Ronald Burnett, Kimberly Burnett, Langston Woodberry, Eugene Cherry