Killer of Sheep

[leftyf]

Does anyone have this movie in your collection? It's an old 1978 movie. I can't find it on-line or streaming. It is available for a high price on Amazon, but I just want to watch it once.

[Madelaine Amee]

Ebay has numerous copies of this Killer of Sheep movie. The lowest I saw was $12.00.

"Killer of Sheep was shot on location in Watts in a series of weekends on a budget of less than $10,000, most of which was grant money. Finished in 1977 and shown sporadically, its reputation grew and grew until it won a prize at the 1981 Berlin International Film Festival.

Since then, the Library of Congress has declared it a national treasure as one of the first fifty on the National Film Registry and the National Society of Film Critics selected it as one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time."

I just had a brain wave. The Rialto in SS very often shows Art films. You could maybe approach the management and see if they have any interest in running this movie.

[Taltarzac725]

Killer of Sheep - A Film by Charles Burnett - Home (http://www.killerofsheep.com/)

Had not heard of that before.

Killer of Sheep (2007) - Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/killer_of_sheep/)

[leftyf]

I have watched several clips on youtube but they don't show the whole movie. I was listening to a song by Faye Adams (Shake A Hand) on youtube and the song is in the movie. It's an awesome song, not sure about the movie.