Killer of Sheep

Killer of Sheep

1978 · 1 hr 20 min · Not Rated

Drama

Directors

Charles Burnett

Actors

  • Henry G. Sanders
  • Kaycee Moore
  • Charles Bracy

Credits: 12

Summary

Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.

More about this movie

Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family.

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