Slideshow
KILLER OF SHEEP
Post-film Q&A with director Charles Burnett
Friday, April 18
7:50
Moderated by arts and culture critic Lovia Gyarkye
NOTE: This screening is SOLD OUT.
A standby line will form at the box office 30 minutes prior to showtime.
Born in Mississippi and raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Charles Burnett is an independent filmmaker whose work has been praised for its portrayal of the African-American experience. He wrote, directed, produced, photographed and edited his first feature film, KILLER OF SHEEP, in 1977. His other features include MY BROTHER'S WEDDING, TO SLEEP WITH ANGER, THE GLASS SHIELD, and NAMIBIA: THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION. Burnett also has made several documentaries including AMERICA BECOMING and NAT TURNER: A TROUBLESOME PROPERTY and short films as The Horse and When It Rains.
Lovia Gyarkye is a critic at The Hollywood Reporter. Previously, she was an editor at The New York Times Magazine Labs and before that a researcher at The New York Times Book Review. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Dissent, Aperture and The Nation. In 2024, she won an ASME Next Award for Journalists Under 30 and was a finalist for best film critic by the Los Angeles Press Club. She teaches in the arts and culture program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and she is a contributing editor at Africa Is a Country. Lovia lives in New York City.
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