3 BY CHARLES BURNETT
This one-night program of films by Charles Burnett, including the newly re-edited MY BROTHER'S WEDDING, is presented in conjunction with UNESCO's World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
Saturday October 27th at 7:30PM
New restoration by the Pacific Film Archive MY BROTHER'S WEDDING (1983) Directed by Charles Burnett and Ed Santiago
Pierce Mundy works at his parents' South Central dry cleaners with no prospects for the future and his childhood buddies in prison or dead. With his best friend just getting out of jail and his brother busy planning a wedding to a snooty upper-middle-class black woman, Pierce navigates his conflicting obligations while trying to figure out what he really wants in life. In 1983, Charles Burnett sent his rough cut of MY BROTHER'S WEDDING to his producers. Ignoring his request to finish the editing of the film, the producers rushed it to a New York festival screening, where it received a mixed review from the New York Times. With distributors scared off, MY BROTHER'S WEDDING was tragically never released. Now following a re-edit by Burnett and restoration by the PFA, MY BROTHER'S WEDDING is finally reaching theaters.adapted from Milestone Film & Video.
Editor: Charles Burnett, Thomas Penick. Cast: Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, G. Shannon-Burnett. Format TBA, 82 min.
Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive KILLER OF SHEEP (1977) Now recognized as a landmark independent filmmaker, Charles Burnett shot his first feature in South Los Angeles in the early 1970s. KILLER OF SHEEP is a stunning example of American urban neo-realism at its best, depicting life in an impoverished neighborhood. The film centers around Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders), whose brutal job in a Watts slaughterhouse can barely sustain his household. Amid the daily struggle against penury, powerlessness and lack of opportunity, the family experiences moments of relishing beauty and hope. 35mm, 83 min.
Preceded by: QUIET AS KEEP (2007) Charles Burnett's recent short about Hurricane Katrina. Format TBA, 5 min.
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/screenings/screenings.html