FILM IN FOCUS: Killer of Sheep

Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep (1979) is a realist depiction of the everyday challenges faced by a working-class father in the impoverished Watts district of Los Angeles. The dance between Stan (Henry G. Sanders) and his wife (Kaycee Moore) enacts the strains on their relationship.

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