UW Cinematheque - Cinema Greats X 2
KILLER OF SHEEP | USA | 1977 | DCP | 81 min. Director: Charles Burnett
Event Details
Date
Friday, November 21, 2025
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy. The life of a working class family affected by unemployment in the Watts district of Los Angeles is poetically evoked by writer/director Burnett in his feature debut. A landmark in American independent filmmaking, Burnett’s lyrical, elliptical style is marked by a frequently perfect matching of music to his haunting images.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, November 7, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.