The Killing Floor
[United States] : Film Movement Classics, 2020.
Format: DVD
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Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
All frank Custer wanted was a better life for himself and his family. What he got was a job and a place in history. Set in the early 1900s, this powerful true story retells the often brutal and violent beginning of the U.S. Labor Movement through the eyes of a Southern black sharecropper who finds work in a Chicago slaughter-house. After witnessing the inhumane conditions in the plant, he is slowly transformed into an activist for the fledgling interracial union.
Series: Film Movement classics.
Other Authors:
Rassbach, Elsa, television producer, author.
Milner, Ron.
Lee, Leslie, 1930-2014, screenwriter.
Manasse, George, television producer.
Duke, Bill, 1943- television director.
Leake, Damien, actor.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor.
Felder, Clarence, actor.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
Farina, Dennis, 1944-2013, actor.
Rayford, Ernest, actor.
Birch, William, 1918- director of photography.
Swados, Elizabeth, composer (expression)
Barrett, James R., 1950- essayist.
Trotter, Joe William, 1945- essayist.
Public Forum Productions, Ltd., production company.
KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station), production company.
Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
Rassbach, Elsa, television producer, author.
Milner, Ron.
Lee, Leslie, 1930-2014, screenwriter.
Manasse, George, television producer.
Duke, Bill, 1943- television director.
Leake, Damien, actor.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor.
Felder, Clarence, actor.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
Farina, Dennis, 1944-2013, actor.
Rayford, Ernest, actor.
Birch, William, 1918- director of photography.
Swados, Elizabeth, composer (expression)
Barrett, James R., 1950- essayist.
Trotter, Joe William, 1945- essayist.
Public Forum Productions, Ltd., production company.
KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station), production company.
Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
African American labor union members -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 -- Drama.
Packing-houses -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Race riots -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Labor movement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Drama.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
African American labor union members -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919 -- Drama.
Packing-houses -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Race riots -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Labor movement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- -- Drama.
Target Audience: MWT rating: NR.
UPC: 850003924953
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD TV Killing | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
DVD TV Killing | Edgewood | DVD | In |
11/24/2020
Videorecording.
Director, Bill Duke.
Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Farina, Ernest Rayford, Moses Gunn, Clarence Felder.
DVD.
English audio.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Videorecording.
Director, Bill Duke.
Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Farina, Ernest Rayford, Moses Gunn, Clarence Felder.
DVD.
English audio.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.