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Killer of sheep: the Charles Burnett collection.
- Title
- Killer of sheep: the Charles Burnett collection.
- Publication
- [Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video ; [New York, N.Y.] : Distributed by New Yorker Video, c2007.
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 1 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual DVD-540 Disc 1 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 1 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual DVD-540 Disc 1 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 2 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual DVD-540 Disc 2 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 2 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual DVD-540 Disc 2 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (332 min.) : sd., b&w and color; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- Killer of sheep: An African-American slaughterhouse worker searches for tiny moments of beauty in his predominantly bleak life.
- My brother's wedding: A young African-American man navigates his conflicting obligations while trying to figure out what he really wants in life.
- Series Statement
- Milestone cinematheque
- Uniform Title
- Milestone cinematheque
- Alternative Title
- Charles Burnett collection
- Killer of sheep (Motion picture)
- My brother's wedding (Motion picture)
- Several friends (Motion picture)
- Horse (Motion picture)
- When it rains (Motion picture)
- Quiet as kept (Motion picture)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Films for the hearing impaired.
- Note
- Title from container.
- Collective title from disc labels.
- Special features: optional audio commentary on Killer of sheep by Barnett & Richard Peña; Killer of sheep cast reunion video by Ross Lipman (2007, b&w, 6 min.); re-release trailer for Killer of sheep (2 min.).
- Program notes in container insert include an essay by Armond White ("Killer of sheep : more than a 'masterpiece'") & notes from film preservationist Ross Lipman on the UCLA Film & Television Archive's efforts to preserve the film.
- Disc menus incorrectly identify the original version of My brother's wedding as the director's cut, and vice versa.
- System Details (note)
- DVD, all regions.
- Language (note)
- In English.
- Closed-captioned (Killer of sheep only).
- Contents
- Disc 1. Killer of sheep (1977, b&w, 80 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett -- Several friends (1969, b&w, 22 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett ; principal photography by Jim Watkins -- The horse (1972, col., 14 min.) / cameraman, Ian Conner ; a film by Charles Burnett -- When it rains (1995, col., 13 min.) / directed by Charles Burnett ; story by Charles Burnett ; music by Stephen James Taylor ; La Sept/Arte -- Disc 2. My brother's wedding (original version, 1983, col., 80 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett ; editor, Thomas M. Penick ; co-producer, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen --- My brother's wedding (director's cut, 2007, col., 118 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett ; editor, Thomas M. Penick ; co-producer, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen -- Quiet as kept (2007, col., 5 min.) / produced by Jon Oh and Charles Burnett ; written, directed, camera, edited by Charles Burnett.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-540
- LCCN
- 784148010748
- OCLC
- 173154611
- Title
- Killer of sheep: the Charles Burnett collection.
- Imprint
- [Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video ; [New York, N.Y.] : Distributed by New Yorker Video, c2007.
- Edition
- 2-disc special ed.; standard format (1.33:1).
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Series
- Milestone cinemathequeMilestone cinematheque
- System Details
- DVD, all regions.
- Performer
- Cast for Killer of sheep: Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Jack Drummond.Cast for My brother's wedding: Everette Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Ronald E. Bell, Dennis Kemper.
- Language
- In English.Closed-captioned (Killer of sheep only).
- Connect to:
- Function
- Short films.
- Added Author
- Burnett, Charles, 1944- film director.Sanders, Henry G. (Henry Gale), 1942-Moore, Kaycee.Silas, Everette.Holmes, Jessie.Taylor, Stephen James.Peña, Richard.White, Armond.Sept/Arte (Firm)Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.Milestone Film & Video.New Yorker Video (Firm)
- Added Title
- Killer of sheep (Motion picture)My brother's wedding (Motion picture)Several friends (Motion picture)Horse (Motion picture)When it rains (Motion picture)Quiet as kept (Motion picture)
- Other Standard Identifier
- 784148010748
- Publisher No.
- MILE00107 Milestone Film & Video
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-540