Killer of Sheep(2007)

Name: Killer of Sheep
Director: Charles Burnett
Genre: Drama
Released: Mar 30, 2007
Cast: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett

Independent

1h 20m
- Drama

Release Date: Mar 30, 2007

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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Note: Distributed by Milestone Distributed on behalf of Milestone

Release Details

Original Release | Mar 30, 2007 | Limited (Milestone)

2025 Re-release | Apr 18, 2025 | Limited (Kino Lorber)

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Box Office Results

2026-10-20T11:57:39.625Z

All Releases (2)
Total US & Canada:
$514,220
Total International
$63,952
Total Worldwide:
$578,172

Total US & Canada:
$404,508
Total International
$12,001
Total Worldwide:
$416,509

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Director & Top Cast

Charles Burnett
Director

Henry G. Sanders
Stan

Kaycee Moore
Stan's Wife

Charles Bracy
Bracy

Angela Burnett
Stan's Daughter

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Mono

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family. — Jim Beaver Stan ( Henry G. Sanders ) works long hours at a slaughterhouse in Watts, Los Angeles. The monotonous nature of his work begins to affect his home life with his unnamed wife and their two children, Stan Jr. and Angela. Through a series of episodic events-such as acquaintances attempting to involve Stan in a criminal scheme, a white woman propositioning him to work at her store, and Stan and his friend Bracy ( Charles Bracy ) trying to purchase a car engine-a mosaic of a harsh working-class life emerges. Within this life, Stan feels powerless to change the course of his circumstances. Intercut between these events are scenes of children in Watts, playing and roughhousing together among the abandoned houses and dilapidated surroundings.

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Killer of Sheep(2007)

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Director & Top Cast

Charles Burnett

Henry G. Sanders

Kaycee Moore

Charles Bracy

Angela Burnett

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