Killer of sheep
(Blu-ray) 

Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.

Full screen.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Charles Burnett, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; Audio commentary featuring Burnett and film scholar Richard Peña ; New interviews with Burnett and actor Henry Gayle Sanders ; Two short films by Burnett: Several Friends (1969) and The Horse (1973), with a new introduction to the latter by Burnett ; Excerpt from the 2010 UCLA LA Rebellion Oral History Project, featuring an interview with Burnett by film scholar Jacqueline Stewart ; A Walk with Charles Burnett (2019), a documentary by Robert Townsend ; Documentary by Ross Lipman on 2007 cast reunion.

Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy.

A quiet revelation of American independent filmmaking, Charles Burnett's lyrical debut feature unfolds as a mosaic of Black life in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Stan, a father worn down by his job in a slaughterhouse, and his wife seek moments of tenderness in the face of myriad disappointments. Equally attuned to the world of children and that of adults, Burnett - acting as director, writer, producer, cinematographer, and editor -- finds poetry amid everyday struggles in indelible images that glow with compassionate beauty.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Blu-ray; full screen; requires Blu-ray player.

English dialogue; English SDH.