dir. Charles Burnett

1978 // 1 hr 23 min // Digital

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

A landmark of American cinema and key work in the LA Black Rebellion movement, Burnett’s Killer of Sheep offers one of the first authentic representations of working-class African Americans in a feature film. Set and shot in Watts in the mid-1970s, the drama follows Stan (Henry G. Sanders), a father trying to support his family and enjoy the simple pleasures they afford him while coping with psychic stress of laboring in a slaughterhouse.

Stray Cat Film Center is proud to bring this singular vision in a new 4K restoration!