Killer of Sheep

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.
Full screen (1.33:1).
"Restored and remastered by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Milestone Films and The Criterion Collection"--container.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Charles Burnett, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; Audio commentary featuring Burnett and film scholar Richard Peña (2007) ; New interviews with Burnett and actor Henry Gayle Sanders ; Appreciation of the film by filmmaker Barry Jenkins; Two short films by Burnett: Several friends (1969) and The horse (1973), with a new introduction to the latter by Burnett ; Excerpt from the 2010 UCLA LA Rebellion Oral History Project, featuring an interview with Burnett by film scholar Jacqueline Stewart ; A walk with Charles Burnett (2019), a documentary by Robert Townsend ; Documentary by Ross Lipman on 2007 cast reunion; Trailer; On insert, an essay by critic Danielle Amir Jackson.
Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Jack Drummond.
A quiet revelation of American independent filmmaking, Charles Burnett's lyrical debut feature unfolds as a mosaic of Black life in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Stan, a father worn down by his job in a slaughterhouse, and his wife seek moments of tenderness in the face of myriad disappointments. Equally attuned to the world of children and that of adults, Burnett - acting as director, writer, producer, cinematographer, and editor - finds poetry amid everyday struggles in indelible images that glow with compassionate beauty.
Blu-ray; region A; full screen; LPCM 1.0 monaural; requires Blu-ray player.

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