The Killing Floor Woodard

Damien leake alfre woodard dennis farina and moses gunn star in the film which won the sundance film festival special jury award.

The killing floor woodard.

What he got was a job on the killing floor and a place in history. Starring damien leake alfre woodard denis farina clarence felder moses gunn and john mahoney 113 min. Fri nov 22nd 3. 1984 bill duke usa 118 min.

Labor movement a powerful personal drama marilyn preston chicago tribune. Labor movement through the eyes of a southern black sharecropper who finds work in a chicago slaughterhouse. 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. The title refers to that special area in the chicago stockyards where the cattle are.

The film was the pilot production for a proposed ten part pbs series on american labor history but financing from public television for the series could not be obtained. The killing floor is part of our nation s history a fascinating and bloody episode in the history of the u s. Runs limited engagements the killing floor. With damien leake alfre woodard moses gunn.

Set in the early 1900 s this powerful story retells the often brutal and violent beginnings of the u s. Produced by public forum productions ltd.