Killer of Sheep

Killer of Sheep

1979 | 1h 20m | Drama | TV-MA

Brief Synopsis

A black slaughterhouse worker copes with the stress of raising a family with little money.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Charles Burnett

CAST

Henry Gayle Sanders

Kaycee Moore

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Related Videos

Killer of Sheep -- (Movie Clip) Slaughterhouse
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Walter Jacobs' "Mean Old World" plays in the background as Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders) works in the slaughterhouse and returns home in Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep, 1977.
Killer of Sheep -- (Movie Clip) Tracks
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Kids playing in the L-A rail yards, in particular "Stan's Son" Jack Drummond, from writer, director, cinematographer and editor Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep, 1977.
Killer of Sheep -- (Movie Clip) Shake Hands
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Just a sequence of life around the tenement set to Faye Adams' recording of "Shake Hands," from writer, director. cinematographer and editor Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep, 1977.
Killer of Sheep -- (Movie Cilp) I Wonder
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Stan's son (Jack Drummond) observes neighborhood incidents on the way home, Cecil Grant's "I Wonder" plays, while Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders) works on plumbing in Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep, 1977.

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