Billy Woodberry
Still: And When I Die I Won't Stay DeadBilly 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 op IFFR
And When I Die I Won't Stay Dead
89'
VS
IFFR 2016
Marseille après la guerre
Verzameling foto's van havenarbeiders in Marseille; een fascinerende ode aan de Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène.
11'
Verenigde Staten
IFFR 2023
Mário
Billy Woodberry's prachtige biografie van Mário Pinto de Andrade, een sleutelfiguur in de pan-Afrikaanse vrijheidsbeweging.
120'
Portugal
IFFR 2024