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Bless their little hearts / a film by Billy Woodberry ; directed and produced by Billy Woodberry ; screenplay by Charles Burnett.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 035 930 disc + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Milestone cinematheque
- The Milestone cinematheque
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
- African Americans.
- Poverty--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
- Poverty.
- Marital conflict--Drama.
- Marital conflict.
- Nineteen eighties--Drama.
- Nineteen eighties.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Family films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (12 pages : illusrations ; 19 cm).
- 4 3/4 in. black and white
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrington Park, New Jersey] : Milestone Film & Video, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Searching for steady work, Charlie Banks views his chronic unemployment as a kind of spiritual trial, but day work and selling a few catfish can't sustain a family of five. While his wife, Andais, works to support the family with dignity, Charlie finds comfort for his wounded sense of manhood in an affair that threatens his marriage and family.
- Participant:
- Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, Ronald Burnett, Kimberly Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Lawrence Pierott, Ernest Knight, Ellis Griffin.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Charles Burnett ; editor, Billy Woodberry.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
- Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive; restored by Ross Lipman.
- Accompanying booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) comprises essays by Samantha N. Sheppard and Allison Anders.
- Special features: audio commentary by New York University professor Ed Guererro; 2K restoration of Billy Woodberry's first film The pocketbook (1980) (13 min.); workshop with Billy Woodberry; Billy and Charles (Ross Lipman's interview); interview with Ed Guererro; Bless their little hearts behind-the-scenes photos.
- Contains:
- Pocketbook (Motion picture)
- ISBN:
- 9781933920979
- 1933920971
- OCLC:
- 1121295231
- Publisher Number:
- 784148015545
- MILE 00155 Milestone Film & Video
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