What makes it memorable is its evocative re creation of chicago and the social milieu that existed there at the time of world war i.
The killing floor film.
The killing floor 23 imdb 5 6 1h 37min 18 fiction becomes fact as the agent of a horror novelist moves into a new apartment where spooky events besiege him in the killing floor.
He becomes prominent as a leader of fellow african americans in the union though many including his best friend view him as a sell out.
Dead silence law and order follows constable briar a survivor from one of the first police teams sent in.
This 1985 sundance award winning film speaks deeply to the present moment exploring a true story of the struggle of black and white workers over a hundred years ago to build a strong interracial union in the giant chicago slaughterhouses in the face of.
The killing floor has a made for tv movie feel meaning it s not as glossy as a major studio film nor as gritty and an indie but duke finds power in the performances of his actors.
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Reviews what makes the killing floor so moving and absorbing is the way it succeeds in giving human scale and human impact to a moment in america s industrial history.
Directed by bill duke.
The region 1 dvd rights have been acquired by thinkfilm with a direct to dvd release of january 8 2008.
On the last day of august everything changed.
With marc blucas joel leffert shiri appleby jeffrey carlson.
The film was released on dvd in sweden by noble entertainment on march 14 2007.
Directed by gideon raff.
With damien leake alfre woodard dennis farina ernest rayford.
A literary agent moves into a penthouse apartment.
The killing floor digitally restored movie.
The world premiere for the killing floor was at 9 30 p m april 14 2007 at the malibu film festival.
Next he receives a series of stalker videotapes that document his every move.
The title refers to that special area in the chicago stockyards where the cattle are.
A film movement classics release.
The killing floor is a 1984 american award winning made for television drama film directed by bill duke which highlights the plights of workers fighting to build an interracial labor union in the meatpacking industry in the years leading up to the chicago race riot of 1919 the film debuted on pbs via the american playhouse series on april 10 1984 and was produced by public forum productions.