Thirty years after it first debuted, the well-respected but rarely-seen film "Killer of Sheep" is back on the big screen. Join Kojo to hear about the film's unique history, and how a group of UCLA film students set out to shake up the Hollywood status quo and ended up creating a Golden Age of African-American movie innovation.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2007-06-07/challenging-hollywoods-status-quo
Challenging Hollywood's Status Quo
Listen Thursday, Jun. 7, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. in Arts & CultureGuests
Charles Burnett
filmmaker, "Killer of Sheep"
Haile Gerima
filmmaker; and Professor of Film, Howard University
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