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Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection also features two versions of Burnett's wonderful second feature film, My Brother’s Wedding, four short films (Several Friends, The Horse, When it Rains and Quiet as Kept), a commentary track featuring Richard Peña and Charles Burnett, and a short film by Ross Lipman of the 2007 Killer of Sheep cast reunion.
Aug 11, 2020 · Director Charles Burnett has been documenting Black struggle for decades, and said he was optimistic about the filmmaking that could emerge from these tumultuous times.
Apr 6, 2011 · Film series. Apr 6–25, 2011. Charles Burnett has long borne the dubious distinction of being, as critic Armond White observed, “the least well-known great American filmmaker.” In Charles Burnett: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi, 2011), Burnett cites the phrase “the power to endure” as a motif his films share with William Faulkner’s novels; the phrase applies equally ...
Apr 8, 2022 · This interview first appeared in the July 2002 issue of Sight and Sound. Killer of Sheep, the least-known great modern movie from the United States, was made in the conscious pursuit of art and truth. Filmed outside the mainstream industry (in Hollywood’s backyard, the Watts section of Los Angeles), it was Charles Burnett’s 1977 UCLA master ...
To Sleep with Anger. A slow-burning masterwork of the early 1990s, this third feature by Charles Burnett is a singular piece of American mythmaking. In a towering performance, Danny Glover plays the enigmatic southern drifter Harry, a devilish charmer who turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends.
Charles Burnett (b. 1944) is a groundbreaking African American filmmaker and one of this country's finest directors, yet he remains largely unknown. His films, most notably Killer of Sheep(1977) and To Sleep with Anger (1990), are considered classics, yet few filmgoers have seen them or heard of Burnett.
Charles Burnett ’77. Renowned filmmaker Charles Burnett has pursued his craft for more than four decades as a director, producer, writer, and actor. His upbringing in South Central Los Angeles (by way of Vicksburg, Mississippi) had a profound impact on his life, his work, and modern cinema. While studying at UCLA, Burnett was part of the ...
