To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger
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1h 41m
Directed by Charles Burnett • 1990 • United States
A slow-burning masterwork of the early 1990s, this third feature by Charles Burnett is a singular piece of American mythmaking. In a towering performance, Danny Glover plays the enigmatic southern drifter Harry, a devilish charmer who turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short order, Harry’s presence seems to cast a chaotic spell on what appeared to be a peaceful household, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation. Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, TO SLEEP WITH ANGER is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility, a portrait of family resilience steeped in the traditions of African American mysticism and folklore.
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The following program featuring director Charles Burnett, actors Danny Glover and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and associate producer Linda Koulisis was produced in 2018.
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Governors Awards Tribute to Charles B...
For the 2017 Governors Awards, held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, filmmaker Shola Lynch created the following tribute reel dedicated to director Charles Burnett, which features Burnett; filmmakers Julie Dash, Reginald Hudlin, and Robert Townsend; actors Danny Glover, James E...
