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Black Lives

Quiet as Kept

5m 34s

Directed by Charles Burnett • 2007 • United States

A squabble reveals the anxieties and generational differences within a New Orleans family displaced by Hurricane Katrina in this alternately comedic and casually profound video work.

Limited engagement ends September 30

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