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Bless Their Little Hearts

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Unemployed, depressed and running out of options for supporting his wife and three children, Charlie Banks is just barely eking out a living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the early 1980s. His wife, Andais, accuses him of irresponsibility, and even of cheating on her, an allegation that isn't true until Charlie decides it may as well be. Charlie's friends try their best to help him get by, but their well-intentioned plans don't always pan out.
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Derek Smith Slant Magazine 08/09/2024
More than most other films about poverty, Bless Their Little Hearts understands how it can feel like a waking nightmare from which there is no reprieve. Go to Full Review Robert Daniels 812filmreviews 01/10/2023
An unforgettable movie that’s a snapshot of how adverse economic pressures can weigh heavily on Black families. Go to Full Review Jay Carr Boston Globe 01/10/2023
It's structurally rudimentary, yet the purity of its feelings emerges forcefully. It was a gamble to make a film about desperation in such understated, laconic terms, but Woodberry brings it off. Go to Full Review Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl 08/06/2024
7/10
The Banks household may not realize it, but they’re living exemplars of what it feels to be on the losing end of Ronald Reagan’s economic policies... Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 03/24/2023
Written by Charles Burnett, it’s a low-key-yet-potent look at the soul-grinding effects of long-term poverty and hopelessness on a Watts family that is slowly but surely falling apart. Go to Full Review F.X. Feeney L.A. Weekly 01/10/2023
This is an L.A. that no film or television show pays attention to, the L.A. of the people who ride the buses, the L.A. of the people who will never live on the hill and who couldn't care less about the Hollywood sign. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Billy Woodberry

Director

Nate Hardman

Charlie Banks

Kaycee Moore

Andais Banks

Angela Burnett

Banks Child

Ronald Burnett

Banks Child

Kimberly Burnett

Banks Child
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Synopsis Unemployed, depressed and running out of options for supporting his wife and three children, Charlie Banks is just barely eking out a living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the early 1980s. His wife, Andais, accuses him of irresponsibility, and even of cheating on her, an allegation that isn't true until Charlie decides it may as well be. Charlie's friends try their best to help him get by, but their well-intentioned plans don't always pan out.
Director
Billy Woodberry
Producer
Billy Woodberry
Screenwriter
Charles Burnett
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 12, 1984, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2021
Runtime
1h 20m
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