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Bluesy Dream (Bless Their Little Hearts)

  • Bluesy Dream (Bless Their Little Hearts)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1984
Format : Feature
Running time : 82 (in minutes)

Reminiscent of Killer of Sheep, this Burnett-Woodberry collaboration is a low-key portrait of enduring life in Watts. Woodberry, Burnett, and Haile Gerima, director of 1979's Bush Mama, which Burnett also photographed, were friends at UCLA and shared much of their experience and anger.

1984. USA. 80 min. Directed by Billy Woodberry.
35 mm - Drama - Black & White -

Written and photographed by Charles Burnett.

With
Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, Ronald Burnett, Kimberly Burnett.

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