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Charles Burnett Interview, 2025
Killer of Sheep
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13m
In this interview, conducted in 2025, Charles Burnett looks back on KILLER OF SHEEP—his thesis film for UCLA—and what inspires him as a director.
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Several Friends
Directed by Charles Burnett • 1969 • United States
Charles Burnett’s first film already displays the director’s neorealist, poetry-of-the-everyday style as it follows a group of friends over the course of an aimless day in Los Angeles.
