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Rating: Q=6, P=4 / Obsession
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=2, Scale 4=2
Docudrama, Race, Class, Complex Relationships, Philosophical, Cerebral
"Day in the life" films are hard to get right, but this one is poignant and heartbreaking, beautiful and quiet, difficult and simple. It encompasses everything about being African American in Watts in the late-1970s. It is certainly a film centered on race and class but it is so much more--the scenes make us ask ourselves why we work or why we choose not to, what makes us love and strive, how we react to hard times, etc. Killer of Sheep gives you perspective.
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