Charles Burnett Archives

‘To Sleep With Anger’: Charles Burnett’s Divine Comedy And Career-Long ‘Rebellion’ [Be Reel Podcast]

October 12, 2020 6:13 pm

For the 30th anniversary of "To Sleep with Anger" (1990), Be Reel dives into the work of principal "L.A. Rebellion" director Charles Burnett. Part of the first generation of Black directors to come out of ...

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Jennifer Lawrence, Ava DuVernay, Steven Spielberg Salute 2017 Governors Awards Winners

Gregory Ellwood

November 12, 2017 4:03 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

There are arguably five or so peak weeks or periods during awards season. We're in the middle of one right now. Even while diminished with a lack of world premieres AFI Fest has still been popping with galas ...

Donald Sutherland, Charles Burnett, Agnes Varda Are Your 2017 Governors Awards Honorees

Gregory Ellwood

September 7, 2017 1:00 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the recipients of honorary Oscars at the 2017 Governors Awards this afternoon and the selections covered a wide spectrum of the industry. This year's...

Interview: Charles Burnett At KAFFNY Talks Racism, TV Work, And The L.A. Riots

Christopher Bell

March 24, 2011 1:48 am

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Interview: Charles Burnett At KAFFNY Talks Racism, TV Work, And The L.A. Riots

Charles Burnett To Make Documentary About Obama’s Late Mother; Dueling Delorean Biopics Square Up

Oliver Lyttelton

September 8, 2009 2:46 pm

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- Charles Burnett, who's never quite topped his excavated 1977 indie classic "Killer of Sheep" (which was the focus of the first-ever post here at The Playlist), is directing the documentary "Stanley Ann Dunham...

Killer of Sheep: A Long-Lost Classic Rediscovered

Rodrigo Perez

April 2, 2007 11:37 pm

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Everyone is raving about the film "Killer of Sheep," a film that has been languishing in obscurity for nearly 30 years. Directed in 1977, by then-UCLA film school student Charles Burnett, "Killer of Sheep" is w...

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