Cast
Henry G. Sanders Kaycee Moore Charles Bracy Angela Burnett Eugene Cherry Jack Drummond
Credits
Written by: 
Charles Burnett
Plot
A slaughterhouse worker in Watts, Los Angeles, struggles with fatigue and numbness amid poverty, with scenes of children playing in the streets, in a neorealist portrait of Black working-class life.
Sinekatalog’s take
A poetic and quietly devastating American classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (8,812 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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