UW Cinematheque - UCLA Festival of Preservation on Tour
The Killing Floor | USA | 1985 | DCP | 118 min. Director: Bill Duke
Event Details
Date
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Farina
Rich in characters and played against a canvas red with the blood of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, this critically acclaimed independent film tells a true story of how a group of black and white slaughterhouse workers attempted to break race barriers to build an interracial union for the first time in the brutal Chicago Stockyards.
Rich in characters and played against a canvas red with the blood of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, this critically acclaimed independent film tells a true story of how a group of black and white slaughterhouse workers attempted to break race barriers to build an interracial union for the first time in the brutal Chicago Stockyards.
Cost
Free
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