The Killing Floor
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Based on a true story, as told by Elsa Rassbach.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
"The killing floor (1985) has been preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive as part of the Sundance Institute Collection"--Opening credits.
Bonus features: introduction by BIll Duke ; Q&A with Damien Leake and Elsa Rassbach ; making-of ; Pandemic Era Conversations ; interview with Elsa Rassbach ; new essays by James R. Barrett and Joe William Trotter, Jr.
Damien Leake, Alfre Woodward, Clarence Felder, Moses Gunn.
Frank Custer is an African-American migrant worker who struggles to help build an interracial union in the Chicago Stockyards. When management efforts to divide the workforce put strain on the racial tensions, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 is the result.
DVD, 1.33:1 standard presentation, mono, all regions
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SERIES
Film Movement classics
PUBLISHED
[New York] : Film Movement, [2019?]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 14 cm)
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Rassbach, Elsa,
Milner, Ron.
Lee, Leslie, 1930-2014,
Manasse, George,
Duke, Bill, 1943-
Leake, Damien,
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
Felder, Clarence,
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993,
Birch, William, 1918-
Swados, Elizabeth,
Barrett, James R., 1950-
Trotter, Joe William, 1945-
Public Forum Productions, Ltd.,
KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station),
Film Movement (Firm),
SUBJECTS
Packing-houses -- Chicago -- Drama.
Riots -- Chicago -- Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-
Made-for-TV movies.