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Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)

Bless Their Little Hearts poster
Directed by
Billy Woodberry
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black man in Los Angeles struggles to support his family during hard times. His efforts to find steady work put strain on his marriage and household.

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What happens

Bless Their Little Hearts is a 1984 American drama film produced and directed by Billy Woodberry, starring Nate Hardman and Kaycee Moore. It was shot and written by Charles Burnett. The film had a limited theatrical release: it played for a week at the Royal in West Los Angeles and also at the Film Forum in New York. In 2013, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2019, it was released on Home Video in a 2K restoration by Milestone Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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