Bless Their Little Hearts is a 1984 American drama film produced and directed by Billy Woodberry and starring Nate Hardman. 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.

Bless Their Little Hearts
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Directed by	Billy Woodberry
Screenplay by	Charles Burnett
Produced by	Billy Woodberry
Starring	Nate Hardman
Cinematography	Charles Burnett
Edited by	Billy Woodberry
Release date	December 12, 1984 (1984-12-12)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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".[1][2][3]

In 2019, it was released on Home Video in a 2K restoration by Milestone Films.[4]

Plot summary

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Cast

• Nate Hardman as Charlie Banks
• Kaycee Moore as Andais Banks
• Angela Burnett as Banks Child
• Ronald Burnett as Banks Child
• Kimberly Burnett as Banks Child
• Langston Woodberry as mistress' son

Critical response

Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 6 critics. At the time of its release, Vincent Canby of The New York Times concluded his review with "[the film] is so understated that at times it seems diffident, as if it were too shy to display its fury in more robust terms. This, however, is the style of the film that Mr. Woodberry, Mr. Burnett and their splendid cast, headed by Mr. Hardman and Miss Moore, have chosen to make, and it works beautifully."

References

External links

• Official website
• Bless Their Little Hearts at IMDb
• Bless Their Little Hearts at the TCM Movie Database
• Bless Their Little Hearts at AllMovie
• Bless Their Little Hearts at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Bless Their Little Hearts at UCLA Film & Television Archive ("L.A. Rebellion")
• Interview: Billy Woodberry on Bless Their Little Hearts by Steve Macfarlane and Madeline Coleman in Filmmaker Magazine, May 25, 2017