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KILLER OF SHEEP
Post-film Q&A with director Charles Burnett
Saturday, April 19
6:00
Moderated by Dr. Kelli Weston
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.
Dr. Kelli Weston is a film critic and programmer based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Sight & Sound, The New York Times, Film Comment, The Guardian, and Reverse Shot, among other publications. She is an editor at Metrograph Journal and Magazine. She earned her doctorate at Birkbeck College, University of London, and specializes in nonfiction and horror cinema, with a particular emphasis on the visual narratives of Black women filmmakers.
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