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Killer of Sheep

Runtime
1hr 20mins
Directed by
Charles Burnett
Featuring
Henry Gayle Sanders,
Kaycee Moore,
Charles Bracy
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Killer of Sheep examines the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.

Frustrated by money problems, he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: the warmth of a coffee cup against his cheek, slow dancing with his wife in the living room, holding his daughter. The film offers no solutions; it merely presents life — sometimes hauntingly bleak, sometimes filled with transcendent joy and gentle humor.

Killer of Sheep was shot on location in Watts in a series of weekends on a budget of less than $10,000, most of which was grant money. Finished in 1977 and shown sporadically, its reputation grew and grew until it won a prize at the 1981 Berlin International Film Festival.

Since then, the Library of Congress has declared it a national treasure as one of the first fifty on the National Film Registry and the National Society of Film Critics selected it as one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time.

Reviews
Review Text

A flat-out treasure, impervious to time!

Review Author
Jay Carr
Review Publication
Boston Globe
Review Text

An American masterpiece, independent to the bone . . .This may be Mr. Burnett's most radical truth-telling.

Review Author
Manohla Dargis
Review Publication
New York Times
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A milestone of eloquent understatement that captures the daily life of have-nots as few American movies have.

Review Author
Wesley Morris
Review Publication
Boston Globe

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