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Killer of Sheep (4K Restoration)

Opens on April 25

Director: Charles Burnett Run Time: 80 min. Release Year: 1978

Starring: Angela Burnett, Charles Bracy, Eugene Cherry, Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore

Synopsis: One of the most renowned films in cinema, Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep has been magnificently restored to 4K with sparkling picture and sound. Evoking the everyday trials, fragile pleasures, and tenacious humor of blue-collar African Americans in 1970s Watts, Burnett made the film on a minuscule budget with a mostly nonprofessional cast, combining keen on-the-street observation with a carefully crafted script. The episodic plot centers on the character of Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders), a slaughterhouse worker mired in exhaustion, disconnected from his wife, his children, and himself. Stan and his neighbors struggle just to get by, let alone get ahead; as befits an L.A. movie, vehicular metaphors of breakdown abound. Only the kids, leaping from roof to roof, seem to achieve a mobility that eludes their elders. Burnett’s film focuses on everyday life in black communities in a manner rarely seen in American cinema — combining lyrical elements with a starkly neorealist, documentary-style approach that chronicles the unfolding story with depth and riveting simplicity.

Showtimes:
Friday, April 25, 2025:
Saturday, April 26, 2025:
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Ticket Prices: $13 Regular / $11 Students & Seniors / $9 Members
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bORJQ8dF9tQ&ab_channel=KinoLorber 

 

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