
Charles Burnett
Directing · Born 1944-04-13 · Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director”, Charles Burnett has had a long and diverse filmmaking career.
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Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022
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Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts 2022
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A Walk with Charles Burnett 2019
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We Blew It 2017
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Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA 2016
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Dreams Are Colder Than Death 2014
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These Amazing Shadows 2011
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property 2003
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Olivia's Story 2000
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As director

Cinetracts '20 2020
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The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution 2018
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42 One Dream Rush 2010
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Relative Stranger 2009
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Quiet as Kept 2007
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation 2007
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Warming by the Devil's Fire 2003
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For Reel? 2003
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property 2003
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Finding Buck McHenry 2000
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Olivia's Story 2000
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The Annihilation of Fish 1999
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Selma, Lord, Selma 1999
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The Wedding 1998
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Documenta X - Die Filme 1997
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The Final Insult 1997
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Nightjohn 1996
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When It Rains 1995
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The Glass Shield 1994
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America Becoming 1991
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To Sleep with Anger 1990
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My Brother's Wedding 1983
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Killer of Sheep 1978
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The Horse 1973
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Several Friends 1969
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