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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.
Cost
Free

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