Killer of Sheep (1978)





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.


Books with substantial mentioning of Killer of Sheep

John White and Sabine Haenni (eds.)
Fifty Key American Films
London and New York, 2009

Hilary White (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 2008, 27th Edition. A Survey of the films of 2007
Detroit, New York, San Francisco, New Haven, Conn., Waterville, Maine, London, 2008

Articles on Killer of Sheep

Alex Cox, Only Natural, in: Filmcomment, nr. 2 (March/April), 2007 pp. 7

James Bell, Blues people, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 7 (July), 2008 pp. 30-32

J. Hoberman, Once upon a time..., in: Filmcomment, nr. 5 (September/October), 2013 pp. 36-41


Killer of Sheep
United States 1978

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Year: 1978
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0076263