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Killer of Sheep

Killer of Sheep
Score: / 10
Cast:Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Jack Drummond, Henry Sanders
Genre:Drama
Length:83 minutes
Released:June 29, 2007
Director:Charles Burnett
Producer:Charles Burnett
Studio:Mongrel Media

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Killer of Sheep Synopsis

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.

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