A former professional football player abandons his family after a series of disheartening career setbacks, only to discover...
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Director
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2009
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The first feature film from acclaimed independent African American filmmaker Charles Burnett, this intensely emotional drama...
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter
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2007
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Director, Screenwriter
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2007
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Filmmaker Charles Burnett takes the helm for this sobering documentary short concerning a former New Orleans family who has...
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Director
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2007
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Director
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2006
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Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Warming by the Devil's Fire is written and directed by Charles Burnett and...
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Director, Screenwriter
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2003
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Director, Screenwriter
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2002
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Charles Burnett directed this offbeat comic romance about a pair of aging eccentrics whose imaginary companions sometimes...
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Director
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2001
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A boy discovers that his coach may be more than just a nice old man who likes baseball in this family-oriented drama. Jason,...
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Director
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2000
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Noted African-American independent filmmaker Charles Burnett directed this made-for-TV movie, based on the memoirs of Sheyann...
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Director
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1999
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Dai Sil Kim-Gibson combines historical footage, interviews, and dramatic reenactments to tell the true story of Korean women...
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Co-producer, Editor
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1999
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This two-part TV miniseries, adapted from Dorothy West's novel The Wedding, takes a look at mid-century issues of race and...
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Director
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1998
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Sarny (Allison Jones) is born into slavery and separated from her mother at an early age. She's raised by Dealey...
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Director
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1996
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The thoughts and feelings of eight elderly women who regularly meet for a penny-ante card game in Los Angeles provide the...
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Cinematographer
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1995
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Filmmaker Charles Burnett directs this short form parable on the value of community set in 1960s-era Watts, and following a...
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Director
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1995
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In this crime drama, an honest lawman has to decide where his loyalties lie in a corrupt system. All his life, J.J....
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Director, Screenwriter
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1994
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Director
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1991
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African-American drifter Danny Glover shows up at the LA doorstep of his old pal Paul Butler. In the spirit of auld lang...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1990
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A U.S./Netherland co-production, Guests of the Hotel Astoria is set in an Istanbul hotel that functions as a transit point...
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Cinematographer
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1989
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This independently produced domestic drama features a talented cast of unknowns in a story that truly needs to be seen rather...
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Cinematographer, Screenwriter
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1984
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Everett Silas plays a 30-year-old black male who works at the Watts dry cleaning business owned by his family. He is quite...
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Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1983
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You'll have to see Bush Mama to learn the significance of the title. For one thing, the film isn't set in Australia or...
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Cinematographer
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1976
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In a barren country landscape far removed from the chaos of the city, a group of characters including a very young boy...
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Director
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1973
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In this student film from Killer of Sheep director Charles Burnett, an African-American family drifts through the streets of...
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Director
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1969
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