Killer of Sheep

Killer of Sheep is a 1978 American drama 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 AfricanAmericans in Los Angeles Watts district. The films style is often likened to Italian neorealism.

Stan works long hours at a slaughterhouse in Watts, Los Angeles. The monotonous slaughter affects his home life with his unnamed wife and two children, Stan Jr. and Angela.Through a series of confusing episodic events some friends try to involve Stan in a criminal plot, a white woman propositions Stan to work in her store, Stan and his friend Bracy attempt to buy a car engine a mosaic of an austere workingclass life emerges in which Stan feels unable to affect the course of his life. ........

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