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Title
From street to screen
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Martin, Michael T. (Editor)
Wall, David C. (Editor)
Subject
Burnett, Charles, 1944---Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Killer of sheep (Motion picture)
African Americans in motion pictures (LCSH)
Motion pictures--United States--History (LCSH)
Language
English (eng)
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
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Classification
LCC: PN1997.K43526 F76 2020 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 791.43/72 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
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filmography (film)
index (index)
Content
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Summary
"Charles Burnett's 1977 film, Killer of Sheep is one of the towering classics of African American cinema. As a deliberate counterpoint to popular blaxploitation films of the period, it combines harsh images of the banality of everyday oppression with scenes of lyrical beauty, and depictions of stark realism with flights of comic fancy. From Street to Screen: Charles Burnett's "Killer of Sheep" is the first book-length collection dedicated to the film and designed to introduce viewers to this still relatively unknown masterpiece. Beginning life as Burnett's Master's thesis project in 1973, and shot on a budget of $10,000, Killer of Sheep immediately became a cornerstone of the burgeoning movement in African American film that came to be known variously as the LA School or LA Rebellion. By bringing together a wide variety of material, this volume covers both the politics and aesthetics of the film as well as its deeper social and contextual histories. This expansive and incisive critical companion will serve equally as the perfect starting point and standard reference for all viewers, whether they are already familiar with the film or coming to it for the first time"-- Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Killer of sheep : Charles Burnett and the poetry of oppression / David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin
Cinema and Black liberation / David E. James
Struggles for the Sign in the Black Atlantic : Los Angeles Collective of Black filmmakers / Michael T. Martin
Charles Burnett : a reconsideration of third cinema / Amy Abugo Ongiri
Charles Burnett : consummate cineaste / Michael T. Martin
Toward a geo-cinematic hermeneutics : representations of Los Angeles in non-industrial cinema-Killer of sheep and Water and power / David E. James
An aesthetic appropriate to conditions : Killer of sheep, (neo)realism, and the documentary impulse / Paula J. Massood
Neorealism meets the blues in Charles Burnett's Killer of sheep / Keith Mehlinger
Killer of sheep / James Naremore
Killer of sheep / Jeffrey Skoller
Nous revenons à nos moutons : regarding animals in Charles Burnett's Killer of sheep / Sarah O'Brien
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From street to screen
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