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A Walk with Charles Burnett

A Walk with Charles Burnett

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  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 27, 2019

Runtime

0h 56m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

A Walk with Charles Burnett

Production Companies

The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Director

Robert Townsend

Description

Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it, he and Charles Burnett reflect on Burnett’s groundbreaking career in cinema, returning to South Central Los Angeles and the shooting locations of his landmark films Killer of Sheep and To Sleep with Anger.