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Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett

filmmaker, MacArthur Award winner

Charles Burnett is a MacArthur-Award-winning American filmmaker. His major films include Killer of Sheep, The Glass Shield, To Sleep with Anger, Nightjohn, The Wedding, The Annihilation of Fish and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation. He is co-writer and director of Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property.

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Charles Burnett

The creators of the 2003 documentary Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property discuss their film, which analyzes Nat Turner's slave rebellion of 1831 and its aftermath in American memory.

Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection ()

Director: Charles Burnett

Starring: Kaycee Moore, Henry Gayle Sanders

Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Nightjohn (1996)

Director: Charles Burnett

Starring: Lorraine Toussaint, Beau Bridges

Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

The Glass Shield (Miramax Collector's Series) (1995)

Director: Charles Burnett

Starring: Erich Anderson, Richard Anderson, Bernie Casey, Lori Petty, Michael Boatman

Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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