HYDE PARK — The Black Cinema House will show “Killer of Sheep,” Charles Burnett’s emotional depiction of the Watts ghetto in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
The theater will show the film declared a national treasure by the Library of Congress at 4 p.m. Sunday at its new location at 7200 S. Kimbark Ave.
The movie follows Stan, a dreamer downtrodden by his slaughterhouse job.
“Frustrated by money problems, he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: the warmth of a coffee cup against his cheek, slow dancing with his wife in the living room, holding his daughter,” according to the Black Cinema House. “The film offers no solutions; it merely presents life — sometimes hauntingly bleak, sometimes filled with transcendent joy and gentle humor.”
The screening is the last in a 10-month series, “The Black Cinema Is …,” a monthly series introduced by a guest explaining why the movie is important to understanding black filmmakers.
Vaun Monroe, a screenwriter and assistant professor at Columbia College, will introduce the Sunday screening.
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