From Street to Screen : Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep

Indiana University Press

From Street to Screen\nby Michael T. Martin\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Michael T. Martin\nTitle: From Street to Screen\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Film history, theory or criticism\nPublisher: MH - Indiana University Press\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9780253049544\nISBN-10: 0253049547\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nCharles Burnett's 1977 film, Killer of Sheep is one of the towering classics of African American cinema. As a deliberate counterpoint to popular blaxploitation films of the period, it combines harsh images of the banality of everyday oppression with scenes of lyrical beauty, and depictions of stark realism with flights of comic fancy. From Street to Screen: Charles Burnet.