From Street to Screen - Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in the Cinema of the Black Diaspora
Release date:	December 2020
Editors:	Michael T. Martin • David C Wall
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-04954-4
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-253-04954-7
Barcode:	9780253049544

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