Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director”, Charles Burnett has had a long and diverse filmmaking career.

  • Title: Charles Burnett
  • Popularity: 2.009
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1944-04-13
  • Place of Birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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  • Also Known As: 찰스 버넷
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Charles Burnett Movies

  • 2011
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    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

    7.4 2011 HD

    Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...

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  • 2022
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    Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

    Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2014
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    Dreams Are Colder Than Death

    Dreams Are Colder Than Death

    6 2014 HD

    What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this...

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  • 2022
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    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    7.4 2022 HD

    A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

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  • 2000
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    Olivia's Story

    Olivia's Story

    1 2000 HD

    A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...

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  • 2003
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    6.1 2003 HD

    In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

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  • 2017
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    We Blew It

    We Blew It

    5.6 2017 HD

    How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who...

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  • 2019
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    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    1 2019 HD

    Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it,...

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

    An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

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  • 1979
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    Your Children Come Back to You

    Your Children Come Back to You

    1 1979 HD

    A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.

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  • 2007
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    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    5.9 2007 HD

    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the...

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  • 1994
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    The Glass Shield

    The Glass Shield

    4.8 1994 HD

    J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of...

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  • 1983
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    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

    A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly...

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  • 1990
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    To Sleep with Anger

    To Sleep with Anger

    6.6 1990 HD

    An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

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  • 1970
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    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    1 1970 HD

    Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family...

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  • 2000
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    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

    1 2000 HD

    When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.

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  • 1995
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    When It Rains

    When It Rains

    5.5 1995 HD

    A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

    An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

    An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

    This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...

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  • 2018
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    The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

    The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

    1 2018 HD

    Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the...

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  • 1996
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    Nightjohn

    Nightjohn

    5.6 1996 HD

    John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she...

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  • 2003
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    6.1 2003 HD

    In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

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  • 1999
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    Selma, Lord, Selma

    Selma, Lord, Selma

    7.1 1999 HD

    In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested...

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  • 1990
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    To Sleep with Anger

    To Sleep with Anger

    6.6 1990 HD

    An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

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  • 1984
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    Bless Their Little Hearts

    Bless Their Little Hearts

    5.9 1984 HD

    Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.

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  • 1998
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    The Wedding

    The Wedding

    8.3 1998 HD

    Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who...

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

    An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

    This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

    This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

    This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

    An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

    A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

    A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

    A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

    A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...

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  • 1999
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    The Annihilation of Fish

    The Annihilation of Fish

    6.2 1999 HD

    Poinsettia (Lynn Redgrave) is a woman who believes the ghost of composer Puccini is in love with her. Moving to Los Angeles, she falls in love with...

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  • 1989
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    From Rags to Reality

    From Rags to Reality

    1 1989 HD

    With dreams of fame and fortune, Faith goes to Washington where she quickly discovers that the life of a budding starlet can be tougher than the...

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  • 2009
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    Relative Stranger

    Relative Stranger

    5.8 2009 HD

    After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.

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  • 1997
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    Documenta X - Die Filme

    Documenta X - Die Filme

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1984
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    Bless Their Little Hearts

    Bless Their Little Hearts

    5.9 1984 HD

    Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.

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  • 2000
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    Olivia's Story

    Olivia's Story

    1 2000 HD

    A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...

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  • 2000
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    Olivia's Story

    Olivia's Story

    1 2000 HD

    A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...

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  • 1994
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    The Glass Shield

    The Glass Shield

    4.8 1994 HD

    J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of...

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  • 2007
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    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    5.9 2007 HD

    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the...

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  • 1982
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    Illusions

    Illusions

    5.5 1982 HD

    A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.

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  • 2003
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    6.1 2003 HD

    In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

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  • 1979
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    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.8 1979 HD

    The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is...

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  • 1991
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    America Becoming

    America Becoming

    1 1991 HD

    Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and...

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  • 1980
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    The Pocketbook

    The Pocketbook

    5.5 1980 HD

    In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in...

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  • 1982
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    A Different Image

    A Different Image

    1 1982 HD

    An African American woman living away from her family in Los Angeles yearns to be recognized for more than her physical attributes. In cultivating...

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  • 1997
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    The Final Insult

    The Final Insult

    1 1997 HD

    This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.

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  • 1969
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    69 Pickup

    69 Pickup

    1 1969 HD

    Filmmaker Thomas Penick explores race, gender and violence in this provocative, disturbing drama set on a hot, summer day in 1969. When a woman...

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

    A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...

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  • 2010
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    42 One Dream Rush

    42 One Dream Rush

    1 2010 HD

    Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known...

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

    An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

    An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

    An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

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  • 2003
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    For Reel?

    For Reel?

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    For Reel?

    For Reel?

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1970
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    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    1 1970 HD

    Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family...

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  • 1991
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    America Becoming

    America Becoming

    1 1991 HD

    Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and...

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    America Becoming

    America Becoming

    1 1991 HD

    Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and...

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  • 1983
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    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

    A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly...

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  • 1983
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    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

    A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly...

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  • 1997
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    The Final Insult

    The Final Insult

    1 1997 HD

    This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

    A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly...

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  • 1993
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    Sa-I-Gu

    Sa-I-Gu

    1 1993 HD

    Sa-I-Gu, literally translated in Korean as April 29, is the day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots or uprising. Three months after the events, the...

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

    An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    The Final Insult

    The Final Insult

    1 1997 HD

    This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    When It Rains

    When It Rains

    5.5 1995 HD

    A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.

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  • 2020
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    Cinetracts '20

    Cinetracts '20

    6 2020 HD

    A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the...

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  • 1979
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    Your Children Come Back to You

    Your Children Come Back to You

    1 1979 HD

    A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.

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  • 1986
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    Crocodile Conspiracy

    Crocodile Conspiracy

    1 1986 HD

    Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.

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  • 2011
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.627 2011 HD

    A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

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  • 1970
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    6.8 1970 HD

    This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom,...

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  • 1970
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.1 1970 HD

    The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a...

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  • 1970
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.1 1970 HD

    The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a...

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