Killer Of Sheep

Josh and Nick continue their celebration of Black History Month with Charles Burnett's revolutionary 1978 film, Killer Of Sheep. They talk about the Watts Civil Unrest of 1965, and how this leads to Burnett and others founding the "LA Rebellion" film movement. The references to Italian neorealism and French New Wave that Burnett makes. The over 30 year journey this film took to reach worldwide audiences. Burnett's framing and mission to capture "black life as it is". Is this the best "student film" ever made? What does the dog mask symbolize? Like, rate, subscribe!