Billy Woodberry
Billy WOODBERRY (1950, USA) was educated at the UCLA Film School where he was part of a Black independent film movement known as the L.A. Rebellion. He debuted in 1980 with the short film The Pocketbook and in 1984 his feature film Bless Their Little Hearts received much attention at the Berlinale. His works have been displayed at several art venues such as MoMA, Tate Modern and Centre Pompidou. Woodberry has been a faculty member of the California Institute of the Arts since 1989.
Filmography
The Pocketbook (1980, short), Bless Their Little Hearts (1983), Marseille après la guerre (2005, short), And When I Die I Won’t Stay Dead (2015, doc), A Story from Africa (2019, short doc), Mário (2024, doc)
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Billy Woodberry at IFFR
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Marseille après la guerre
A collection of photographs of Marseille dockworkers; a compelling homage to Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène.
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And When I Die I Won’t Stay Dead
With detailed, personal anecdotes, rare archive material and beautiful poems in this jazzy documentary, L.A. Rebellion director Billy Woodberry cre
