1984 · drama · history
The Killing Floor
Directed by Bill Duke1h 58m1984
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.
Our read: The Killing Floor (1984) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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