Killer of Sheep(1978)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.



The Glass Shield(1994)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 15

J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. ...



The Annihilation of Fish(1999)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 25

After years of living alone, an eccentric black and white couple find real companionship and romance. Lynn Redgrave and Jams Earl Jones are just wonderful.



To Sleep with Anger(1990)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's charming, down-home manner hides a ...



My Brother's Wedding(1983)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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