Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett

April 13, 1944 · 82 years old

Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007).…

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Killer of Sheep

Killer of Sheep

1978 · 1h 20m · Movie

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.

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The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield

1994 · 1h 49m · Movie

Two cops become compelled to act against corruption and discrimination within their police precinct.

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To Sleep with Anger

To Sleep with Anger

1990 · 1h 42m · Movie

A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.

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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022 · 2h 15m · Movie

Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.

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My Brother's Wedding

My Brother's Wedding

1983 · 1h 55m · Movie

A man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother and well to-do fiancee and is reluctantly to be the best man at their wedding.

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The Wedding

The Wedding

1998 · 3h 0m · Movie

In 1950s Massachusetts, a wealthy black woman engaged to a poor white beatnik learns about her family history. The stories revolve around the racial and class complexities of interracial and class-based marriages.

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The Annihilation of Fish

The Annihilation of Fish

1999 · 1h 48m · Movie

After years of living alone, an eccentric black and white couple find real companionship and romance. Lynn Redgrave and Jams Earl Jones are just wonderful.

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We Blew It

We Blew It

2017 · 2h 17m · Movie

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinem...

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Relative Stranger

Relative Stranger

2009 · 1h 28m · Movie

After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.

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