The Final Insult
Charles Burnett / US, 1997 / 55 min.
Impassioned portrait of life in Los Angeles and the growing chasm between the haves and the have-nots. In his own inimitable way, Charles Burnett documents homelessness in the city, which took off during the Reagan era and by 1997 had reached epidemic proportions.
Charles Burnett’s loving gaze follows people being crushed by a system that is not made to protect them: the homeless of Los Angeles. Every day brings them a new onslaught of cruelty and insults.
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Director
Charles Burnett
Production year
1997
Country
US
Original title
The Final Insult
Length
55 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Everyday Blues
Rarely shown, now finally back on the big screen: the films of legendary American filmmaker Charles Burnett, a pioneer of the Black independent cinema movement of the ’70s and ’80s known as L.A. Rebellion. Three of his films have now been digitally restored, including his debut Killer of Sheep.
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