When walking into my film class on Friday I was expecting nothing more than the usually painful hour and a half lecture, followed by a movie which blatantly points out ideas covered in lecture. Instead, after an informative yet brief lecture about the perception of African-Americans in popular culture, we watched the brilliant "Killer Of Sheep". Written, directed, and produced by, the often overlooked, Charles Burnett this movie exhibits life as true as it can be on film. It revolves around Stan, a middle-class man who works at a slaughterhouse, and his family (his wife and two children) living in the Watts neighbourhood (If the Watts area sounds familiar, it's because this is also where the Hughes brothers "Meanace II Society" takes place) of Los Angeles. Throughout the movie Stan is faced with ethical dilemmas and the overall feeling of helplessness towards his situation, which actor Henry Gayle Sanders portrays perfectly. You may have trouble finding this film in the conventional video store because only recently has it encountered critical acclaim, but I urge you to see it.
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