SESSION: Saturday 12th May at 3:30pm



American Essentials Film Festival: Killer of Sheep

(1978, dir. Charles Burnett, w/ Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett)

Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.73.73.73.7(IMDB rating)

Wattstax – 50th Anniversary

(1973, dir. Mel Stuart, w/ The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, Kim Weston, Jimmy Jones)

Wattstax – 50th Anniversary will start at approximately 5:16pm, and finish at approximately 7:05pm.

Documentary with a selection from a non-stop 7-hour musical event at Watts, the Los Angeles Coliseum, August 20, 1972. It's a sort of Woodstock event but with black artists, namely the groups Dramatics, Staple Singers, Rance Allen Group, Emotions, Bar Kays, Mel & Tim. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 4444(Astor rating)