Today\u2019s show features a conversation with Charles Burnett, who Martin Scorsese and Steven Soderbergh credit as one of America\u2019s greatest filmmakers. His creative works tell personal and intimate stories \u2013 exploration of culture, relationships, social justice, mental illness, discrimination, and love. He was born in Mississippi in 1944 but moved to Watts in South Los Angeles in 1947. Killer of Sheep, based on his life in Watts, was his student thesis film at UCLA but it wasn\u2019t until he was awarded an honorary Academy Award in 2017 that it began to be seen. It was his first full-length feature and took five years to complete, and it set him apart, even at a young age, as a great filmmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201960s were not necessarily kind to Black filmmakers and complicated music rights kept Killer of Sheep away from wide distribution until Steven Soderberg took it under his wing and helped restore it. He also cleared the music rights and found distribution. It has since been admitted into the Library of Congress and called a national treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other films from Charles include \u201cThe Annihilation of Fish\u201d with James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave; My Brother\u2019s Wedding, The Glass Shield, and To Sleep With Anger starring Danny Glover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin Scorcese was quoted in a review by Daniel Borrero, saying, \u201cCharles Burnett is one of the finest filmmakers in this country. His pictures speak in a unique voice that is uniquely and completely his own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am honored to be speaking with Charles Burnett and am grateful for his candor about the industry and his gracious depiction of unfolding events in his life. We can all learn from him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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