Kaycee Moore

Charles Burnett's masterpiece evokes the everyday trials, fragile pleasures, and tenacious humor of Black blue-collar life in 1970s Los Angeles.

A key masterpiece of the L.A. Rebellion film movement written by Charles Burnett, "Bless Their Little Hearts" showcases director Billy Woodberry's attentive eye and sensitivity to real-life issues, making for an agonizingly beautiful film about a man unable to face his own failures.

At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina – former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions – struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots.