Charles Burnett Movies

List of the best Charles Burnett movies: Killer of Sheep(1977), To Sleep With Anger(1990), My Brother's Wedding(1983), Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property(2003), When It Rains(1995), Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation(2007), Relative Stranger(2009) ... ...

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Killer of Sheep

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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To Sleep With Anger

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

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My Brother's Wedding

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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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

The story and legacy of the enigmatic leader of the notorious 1831 homicidal slave revolt in Virginia, along with reviews of works about him, are explored; twentieth century civil rights discussed and cultural relativism mentioned.

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When It Rains

Police detectives investigate the apparent serial killing of several children, after finding severed hands.

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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

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Relative Stranger

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

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