Killer of Sheep
by Charles Burnett1h231977United States
Recommended byIra Sachs, Lodge Kerrigan, Todd Haynes, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Alice Diop
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Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
Credits
- Distributor : Les Films du Paradoxe
- Editing : Charles Burnett
- Producer : Charles Burnett
- Director : Charles Burnett
- Scenario : Charles Burnett
- Sound Recorder : Charles Bracy
Technical details
- Printed format : 16 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1977
- French release date : 1 décembre 1979
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : English
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