Charles Burnett

문화 평론가이자 역사가인 엘비스 미첼이 블랙시네마의 진화 그리고 혁명을 짚어본다. 태동기를 시작으로, 후대에 지대한 영향을 끼친 1970년대 영화까지.

A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the zeitgeist in their own backyard, the artists' short films are the culmination of a year-long residency project.

Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it, he and Charles Burnett reflect on Burnett’s groundbreaking career in cinema, returning to South Central Los Angeles and the shooting locations of his landmark films KILLER OF SHEEP and TO SLEEP WITH ANGER.

Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months.

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start of the electoral campaign. That golden age has become its last romantic border and an inconsolable America is about to pull on a trigger called Trump.

What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this very question. Hearing from the likes of fine artist Kara Walker and musical artist Flying Lotus, the film is based on a deceptively simple approach -- asking a refined list of black 'specialists' as well as 'uncommon folks' questions about what they think, and more importantly as lead director Arthur Jafa states, 'What they KNOW' -- the film is an unprecedented 'stream of the black consciousness' and a strikingly original and rarefied look at black intellectual and emotional life. What's so unorthodox about this simple approach is that the interviews were recorded separately from the images in the film. What results is a breathtaking, kaleidoscopic look of American black life from the dawn of three original filmmakers.

Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.

An omnibus of 42 short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.

After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.

A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina.

A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina.

A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina.

A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina.

A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina.

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the first president of the Republic of Namibia.

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the first president of the Republic of Namibia.

Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels and the retribution lynching of more than 200 innocent slaves. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property examines how the story of Turner’s revolt has been interpreted throughout history and how it continues to raise new questions about the nature of terrorism and other forms of violent resistance to oppression. The film adopts an innovative structure by interspersing documentary footage and interviews with dramatizations of these different versions of Turner’s story. A unique collaboration between MacArthur Genius Award feature director Charles Burnett, acclaimed historian of slavery Kenneth S. Greenberg and Academy Award-nominated documentary producer Frank Christopher, Nat Turner is a compelling look at one of history’s most mysterious figures.

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels and the retribution lynching of more than 200 innocent slaves. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property examines how the story of Turner’s revolt has been interpreted throughout history and how it continues to raise new questions about the nature of terrorism and other forms of violent resistance to oppression. The film adopts an innovative structure by interspersing documentary footage and interviews with dramatizations of these different versions of Turner’s story. A unique collaboration between MacArthur Genius Award feature director Charles Burnett, acclaimed historian of slavery Kenneth S. Greenberg and Academy Award-nominated documentary producer Frank Christopher, Nat Turner is a compelling look at one of history’s most mysterious figures.

In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels and the retribution lynching of more than 200 innocent slaves. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property examines how the story of Turner’s revolt has been interpreted throughout history and how it continues to raise new questions about the nature of terrorism and other forms of violent resistance to oppression. The film adopts an innovative structure by interspersing documentary footage and interviews with dramatizations of these different versions of Turner’s story. A unique collaboration between MacArthur Genius Award feature director Charles Burnett, acclaimed historian of slavery Kenneth S. Greenberg and Academy Award-nominated documentary producer Frank Christopher, Nat Turner is a compelling look at one of history’s most mysterious figures.

When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.

A woman who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank.

In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery.

Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.

This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.

This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.

This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.

John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom.

A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.

A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.

J.J(J.J.: 마이클 보트만 분)는 경찰학교를 갓 졸업하고 에즈마서로 배속된다. 어느날 흑인에 의한 살인 강도가 발생하고 J.J와 그의 동료 보노(Bono: 돈 하비 분)가 우연히 잡은 흑인 테디 우즈(Teddy Woods: 아이스 큐브 분)가 총을 가지고 있었다는 이유만으로 살해혐의를 받고 법정에 서게 된다. 보노는 애초에 그가 흑인이라는 이유만으로 불신검문한 사실을 숨기고 교통위반으로 해달라고 J.J에게 협조를 요청하고 J.J는 이에 응한다. 그러나 재판이 진행되면서 J.J는 누군가가 자신의 보고서에 적힌 총기 일련번호를 바꾼 걸 알아내고, 이 사건은 음모이며 전에 일어났던 뺑소니운전 혐의자 어니 마샬의 자살사건 역시 조작이었다는 사실을 알게 된다. 모든 것은 서장인 매시(Massey: 리차드 앤더슨 분)와 베이커 경사(Baker: 마이클 아이론사이드 분)를 중심으로 한 경찰 내부의 조작. 동료경찰 데보라(Dep. Deborah Fields: 로리 페티 분)와 이 사건을 조사하던 J.J는 몇번의 죽을 고비를 넘기고 드디어 어니 마샬 사건의 진짜 범인은 시의원 리즈의 아들이었으며 경찰에서 이를 덮어두기 위한 작업이 진행 중이었으며, 주 상원의원의 미성년자 추행 혐의를 받고도 기소되지 않았음을 알아낸다. 초보 J.J가 진실을 캐내자 위협을 느낀 매시 서장은 보노로 하여금 테디 우드를 불신검문한 것이 불법이었음을 인정하게 하고 시민권 침해 혐의로 J.J가 기소되게 만든다. 그때서야 J.J는 자신이 지나치게 자신의 일에 집착한 나머지 잘못을 범했다는 것을 알고 후회하는데.

J.J(J.J.: 마이클 보트만 분)는 경찰학교를 갓 졸업하고 에즈마서로 배속된다. 어느날 흑인에 의한 살인 강도가 발생하고 J.J와 그의 동료 보노(Bono: 돈 하비 분)가 우연히 잡은 흑인 테디 우즈(Teddy Woods: 아이스 큐브 분)가 총을 가지고 있었다는 이유만으로 살해혐의를 받고 법정에 서게 된다. 보노는 애초에 그가 흑인이라는 이유만으로 불신검문한 사실을 숨기고 교통위반으로 해달라고 J.J에게 협조를 요청하고 J.J는 이에 응한다. 그러나 재판이 진행되면서 J.J는 누군가가 자신의 보고서에 적힌 총기 일련번호를 바꾼 걸 알아내고, 이 사건은 음모이며 전에 일어났던 뺑소니운전 혐의자 어니 마샬의 자살사건 역시 조작이었다는 사실을 알게 된다. 모든 것은 서장인 매시(Massey: 리차드 앤더슨 분)와 베이커 경사(Baker: 마이클 아이론사이드 분)를 중심으로 한 경찰 내부의 조작. 동료경찰 데보라(Dep. Deborah Fields: 로리 페티 분)와 이 사건을 조사하던 J.J는 몇번의 죽을 고비를 넘기고 드디어 어니 마샬 사건의 진짜 범인은 시의원 리즈의 아들이었으며 경찰에서 이를 덮어두기 위한 작업이 진행 중이었으며, 주 상원의원의 미성년자 추행 혐의를 받고도 기소되지 않았음을 알아낸다. 초보 J.J가 진실을 캐내자 위협을 느낀 매시 서장은 보노로 하여금 테디 우드를 불신검문한 것이 불법이었음을 인정하게 하고 시민권 침해 혐의로 J.J가 기소되게 만든다. 그때서야 J.J는 자신이 지나치게 자신의 일에 집착한 나머지 잘못을 범했다는 것을 알고 후회하는데.

Sa-I-Gu, literally translated in Korean as April 29, is the day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots or uprising. Three months after the events, the documentary explores the experience of several Korean American women who were caught in the events.

Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act beginning in 1965, this program introduces a dramatic vision of a multi-cultural America where people of color are the new majority. The feelings and stories of ordinary people are featured in everyday context in six cities across the county. Interviews with residents of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami and several other places probe the changing relationships between newcomers and established residents.

Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act beginning in 1965, this program introduces a dramatic vision of a multi-cultural America where people of color are the new majority. The feelings and stories of ordinary people are featured in everyday context in six cities across the county. Interviews with residents of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami and several other places probe the changing relationships between newcomers and established residents.

Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act beginning in 1965, this program introduces a dramatic vision of a multi-cultural America where people of color are the new majority. The feelings and stories of ordinary people are featured in everyday context in six cities across the county. Interviews with residents of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami and several other places probe the changing relationships between newcomers and established residents.

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

With dreams of fame and fortune, Faith goes to Washington where she quickly discovers that the life of a budding starlet can be tougher than the ghetto hell she left behind.

Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.

Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in poorer districts of South Central Los Angeles.

Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in poorer districts of South Central Los Angeles.

A man who despises his upwardly mobile lawyer brother reluctantly agrees to be best man at his wedding.

A man who despises his upwardly mobile lawyer brother reluctantly agrees to be best man at his wedding.

A man who despises his upwardly mobile lawyer brother reluctantly agrees to be best man at his wedding.

A man who despises his upwardly mobile lawyer brother reluctantly agrees to be best man at his wedding.

A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.

An African American woman living away from her family in Los Angeles yearns to be recognized for more than her physical attributes. In cultivating the friendship of a male office mate, she aspires to a relationship where romance is not a factor, seeking someone who can "see her as she is," rather than see only what he wants to see. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)

In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in 16mm, adapts Langston Hughes’ short story, Thank You, Ma’am, and features music by Leadbelly, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. (Ross Lipman)

The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence.

A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.

A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.

양 도살장에서 일하는 스텐은 열악한 노동환경 속에서 적은 보수로 어렵게 살아가고 있다. 스텐의 자식들 역시 거친 환경에서 하루하루를 무기력하게 보내는 것만이 일상의 전부이다.

양 도살장에서 일하는 스텐은 열악한 노동환경 속에서 적은 보수로 어렵게 살아가고 있다. 스텐의 자식들 역시 거친 환경에서 하루하루를 무기력하게 보내는 것만이 일상의 전부이다.

양 도살장에서 일하는 스텐은 열악한 노동환경 속에서 적은 보수로 어렵게 살아가고 있다. 스텐의 자식들 역시 거친 환경에서 하루하루를 무기력하게 보내는 것만이 일상의 전부이다.

양 도살장에서 일하는 스텐은 열악한 노동환경 속에서 적은 보수로 어렵게 살아가고 있다. 스텐의 자식들 역시 거친 환경에서 하루하루를 무기력하게 보내는 것만이 일상의 전부이다.

양 도살장에서 일하는 스텐은 열악한 노동환경 속에서 적은 보수로 어렵게 살아가고 있다. 스텐의 자식들 역시 거친 환경에서 하루하루를 무기력하게 보내는 것만이 일상의 전부이다.

This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young black boy named William. William cares for said horse in its last moments, as the male family members eagerly wait for his dad to arrive.

This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young black boy named William. William cares for said horse in its last moments, as the male family members eagerly wait for his dad to arrive.

This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young black boy named William. William cares for said horse in its last moments, as the male family members eagerly wait for his dad to arrive.

This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young black boy named William. William cares for said horse in its last moments, as the male family members eagerly wait for his dad to arrive.

An improvised late '60's short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett; done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals.

An improvised late '60's short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett; done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals.

An improvised late '60's short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett; done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals.

An improvised late '60's short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett; done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals.

Filmmaker Thomas Penick explores race, gender and violence in this provocative, disturbing drama set on a hot, summer day in 1969. When a woman accepts a ride from two men at the corner of Western and Adams, the encounter quickly turns ugly, venturing into painful, surreal territory.