Killer of Sheep(2007)

Other
1h 20m
- Drama

Release Date: Mar 30, 2007 | Limited

7.2

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.

Official Website

Note: Distributed on behalf of Milestone

Releases

Original Release (Independent) | Mar 30, 2007

2025 Re-release | Apr 18, 2025

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Box Office Results

Updated as of Jun 15, 2026 11:21 AM ET

All Releases (2)
Total US & Canada:
$511,837
Total International
$63,952
Total Worldwide:
$575,789

Total US & Canada:
$404,508
Total International
$12,001
Total Worldwide:
$416,509

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Director & Top Cast

Charles Burnett
Director

Henry G. Sanders
Stan

Kaycee Moore
Stan's Wife

Charles Bracy
Bracy

Angela Burnett
Stan's Daughter

Eugene Cherry
Eugene

Jack Drummond

Stan Jr.

Slim

Actor

Delores Farley

Delores

Dorothy Stengel

Actor

Tobar Mayo

Actor

Chris Terrill

Actor

Lawrence Pierott

Actor

Russell Miles

Actor

Homer Jai

Actor

Johnny Smoke

Actor

Paul Reed

Actor

Steven Lee

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Mono

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family. — Jim Beaver Stan ( Henry G. Sanders ) works long hours at a slaughterhouse in Watts, Los Angeles. The monotonous nature of his work begins to affect his home life with his unnamed wife and their two children, Stan Jr. and Angela. Through a series of episodic events-such as acquaintances attempting to involve Stan in a criminal scheme, a white woman propositioning him to work at her store, and Stan and his friend Bracy ( Charles Bracy ) trying to purchase a car engine-a mosaic of a harsh working-class life emerges. Within this life, Stan feels powerless to change the course of his circumstances. Intercut between these events are scenes of children in Watts, playing and roughhousing together among the abandoned houses and dilapidated surroundings.

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