Research Catalog

Title

Killer of sheep: the Charles Burnett collection.

Publication

[Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video ; [New York, N.Y.] : Distributed by New Yorker Video, c2007.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Burnett, Charles, 1944-
• Sanders, Henry G. (Henry Gale), 1942-
• Moore, Kaycee.
• Silas, Everette.
• Holmes, Jessie.
• Taylor, Stephen James.
• Peña, Richard.
• White, Armond.
• Sept/Arte (Firm)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
• Milestone Film & Video.
• New Yorker Video (Firm)

Description

2 videodiscs (332 min.) : sd., b&w and color; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

• Killer of sheep: An African-American slaughterhouse worker searches for tiny moments of beauty in his predominantly bleak life.
• My brother's wedding: A young African-American man navigates his conflicting obligations while trying to figure out what he really wants in life.

Series Statement

Milestone cinematheque

Uniform Title

Milestone cinematheque

Alternative Title

• Charles Burnett collection
• Killer of sheep (Motion picture)
• My brother's wedding (Motion picture)
• Several friends (Motion picture)
• Horse (Motion picture)
• When it rains (Motion picture)
• Quiet as kept (Motion picture)

Subjects

• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• African American families > Drama
• African Americans > Drama
• Short films

Genre/Form

• Feature films.
• Films for the hearing impaired.

Note

• Title from container.
• Collective title from disc labels.
• Special features: optional audio commentary on Killer of sheep by Barnett & Richard Peña; Killer of sheep cast reunion video by Ross Lipman (2007, b&w, 6 min.); re-release trailer for Killer of sheep (2 min.).
• Program notes in container insert include an essay by Armond White ("Killer of sheep : more than a 'masterpiece'") & notes from film preservationist Ross Lipman on the UCLA Film & Television Archive's efforts to preserve the film.
• Disc menus incorrectly identify the original version of My brother's wedding as the director's cut, and vice versa.

System Details (note)

• DVD, all regions.

Language (note)

• In English.
• Closed-captioned (Killer of sheep only).

Contents

Disc 1. Killer of sheep (1977, b&w, 80 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett -- Several friends (1969, b&w, 22 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett ; principal photography by Jim Watkins -- The horse (1972, col., 14 min.) / cameraman, Ian Conner ; a film by Charles Burnett -- When it rains (1995, col., 13 min.) / directed by Charles Burnett ; story by Charles Burnett ; music by Stephen James Taylor ; La Sept/Arte -- Disc 2. My brother's wedding (original version, 1983, col., 80 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett ; editor, Thomas M. Penick ; co-producer, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen --- My brother's wedding (director's cut, 2007, col., 118 min.) / a film by Charles Burnett ; editor, Thomas M. Penick ; co-producer, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen -- Quiet as kept (2007, col., 5 min.) / produced by Jon Oh and Charles Burnett ; written, directed, camera, edited by Charles Burnett.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-540

LCCN

784148010748

OCLC

173154611

Title

Killer of sheep: the Charles Burnett collection.

Imprint

[Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video ; [New York, N.Y.] : Distributed by New Yorker Video, c2007.

Edition

2-disc special ed.; standard format (1.33:1).

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

Milestone cinematheque

Milestone cinematheque

System Details

DVD, all regions.

Performer

Cast for Killer of sheep: Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Jack Drummond.

Cast for My brother's wedding: Everette Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Ronald E. Bell, Dennis Kemper.

Language

In English.

Closed-captioned (Killer of sheep only).

Connect to:

Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Function

Short films.

Added Author

Burnett, Charles, 1944- film director.

Sanders, Henry G. (Henry Gale), 1942-

Moore, Kaycee.

Silas, Everette.

Holmes, Jessie.

Taylor, Stephen James.

Peña, Richard.

White, Armond.

Sept/Arte (Firm)

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.

Milestone Film & Video.

New Yorker Video (Firm)

Added Title

Killer of sheep (Motion picture)

My brother's wedding (Motion picture)

Several friends (Motion picture)

Horse (Motion picture)

When it rains (Motion picture)

Quiet as kept (Motion picture)

Other Standard Identifier

784148010748

Publisher No.

MILE00107 Milestone Film & Video

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-540