Charles Burnett
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Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director”, Charles Burnett has had a long and diverse filmmaking career.
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The Glass Shield (1994)
Director
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Director
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
Director
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
Director
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
Director
The Horse (1973)
Director
Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
Director
For Reel? (2003)
Director
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Director
Several Friends (1969)
Director
The Wedding (1998)
Director
Documenta X - Die Filme (1997)
Director
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)
Director
My Brother's Wedding (1983)
Director
Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)
Director
Relative Stranger (2009)
Director
Quiet as Kept (2007)
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The Final Insult (1997)
Director
Nightjohn (1996)
Director
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
Director
When It Rains (1995)
Director
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018)
Director
America Becoming (1991)
Director
Olivia's Story (2000)
Director
Cinetracts '20 (2020)
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