WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Sept. 28, the Clark Art Institute continues its four-part film series examining the L.A. Rebellion, presented in celebration and anticipation of the Clark's 2023 Conference, "The Fetish A(r)t Work: African Objects in the Making of European Art History, 1500–1900." 

 

The Clark shows "Bless Their Little Hearts" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

 

According to a press release:

 

Directed by Bill Woodberry, Bless Their Little Hearts (1984; 1 hour, 24 minutes) represents the closure and pinnacle of a neorealist strand within what's now described as the L.A. Rebellion, which dates to Charles Burnett's Several Friends (1969). Woodberry's film chronicles the devastating effects of underemployment on a family in the same Los Angeles community depicted in Killer of Sheep (1977), and it pays witness to the ravages of time in the short years since its predecessor. Nate Hardman and Kaycee Moore deliver gut-wrenching performances as the couple whose family is torn apart by events beyond their control. If salvation remains, it's in the sensitive depiction of everyday life, which persists throughout.

 

The showing is free.