Screenplay: Charles Burnett

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Everett Silas · Jessie Holmes · Gaye Shannon-Burnett · Sy Richardson

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

Direction Charles Burnett

Plot 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...

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Henry G. Sanders · Kaycee Moore · Charles Bracy · Angela Burnett

Plot The first feature film from acclaimed independent African American filmmaker Charles Burnett, this intensely emotional drama concerns a man who makes his living at a slaughterhouse as he struggles for...

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Ayuko Babu · Florence Bracy · Kenny Merritt

Plot On a New Year's Day mission to save a mother and daughter from eviction, a self-designated “urban griot” sets out on a citywide quest for money. His search turns into...

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Danny Glover · Paul Butler · DeVaughn Nixon · Mary Alice

Plot When Harry comes to town, he brings good times, bad times... And a lot of trouble!

Direction Charles Burnett

Direction Charles Burnett

Plot 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...

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Ayuko Babu · Florence Bracy · Kenny Merritt

Plot Part fiction, part documentary, Charles Burnett presents an unflinching look at homelessness in Los Angeles with empathy and concern.

Direction Billy Woodberry

Cast Nate Hardman · Kaycee Moore · Angela Burnett · Ronald Burnett

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Herbert Aptheker · Ossie Davis · Eric Foner · Rick Francis

Plot The story and legacy of the enigmatic leader of the notorious 1831 homicidal slave revolt in Virginia, along with reviews of works about him, are explored; twentieth century civil rights...

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Gordon Houston · Maury Wright · Gary Morrin · Roger Collins

Plot 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...

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Danny Glover · Carl Lumbly · Chrisjan Appollus · Obed Emvula

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Nathaniel Lee Sr. · Sharial C. Lee · Dan Curtis Lee

Plot A teenager 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...

Direction Charles Burnett

Cast Andy Burnett · Eugene Cherry · Charles Bracy · Casssandra Wright

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