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Release Year

1977

Plot Summary

Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep...

Run Time

83 min

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Genre

Drama

Language

English

Keyword

Slaughterhouse, Teenage Boy, Mother Son Relationship, Dancer, Doll

Movie Rating

Sound Mix

Mono

Colour

Black and White

Film Type

Feature

Film Class

Family Drama

Themes

Down on Their Luck, Inner City Blues

Tones

Intimate, Stylized, Lyrical, Bleak

Mood

Only Human

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Release Date

01/02/1981

Country

USA

Country Of Origin

USA

Wikipedia Plot

Movie critic Dana Stevens describes the film plot as "a collection of brief vignettes which are so loosely connected that it feels at times like you're watching a non-narrative film."^[1] There are no acts, plot arcs or character development, as conventionally defined.

Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders) works long hours at a slaughterhouse in Watts, Los Angeles. The monotonous slaughter affects his home life with his unnamed wife (Kaycee Moore) and two children, Stan Jr. and Angela (Jack Drummond and Burnett’s niece, Angela).

Through a series of episodic events — some friends try to involve Stan in a criminal plot, a white woman propositions Stan in a store, Stan and his friend Bracy (Charles Bracy) attempt to buy a car engine — a mosaic of an austere working-class life emerges in which Stan feels unable to affect the course of his life.

Wikipedia Text

Killer of Sheep is a 1977 American film written, directed, produced and shot by Charles Burnett. It features Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, and Charles Bracy, among others. The drama depicts the culture of urban African-Americans in Los Angeles' Watts district. The film's style is often likened to Italian neorealism.

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