Films
Killer of Sheep (LAST SCREENING)
- Director(s)
- Charles Burnett
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1978
- Duration
- 80 minutes
- Language
- English
- Format
- DCP

*Screening dedicated to Black History Month
Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts 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.
- Director(s)
- Charles Burnett
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1978
- Duration
- 80 minutes
- Language
- English
- Format
- DCP