Killer of Sheep

The mundane grind of a Watts slaughterhouse bleeds into a father’s crumbling marriage in 1978. Charles Burnett trains his lens on a man counting days until something changes. The film drifts like smoke over a hot South Central afternoon.

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Killer of Sheep was released in 1978 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 80 minutes.