The killing floor

The killing floor

DVD - 2020

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.

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Subjects
Packing-houses > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Riots > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > Drama.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 1875-
Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Drama
Made-for-TV movies
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[New York] : Film Movement [2020]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Made in U.S.A. Productions, Inc, Public Forum Productions, Ltd, KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station)
Corporate Authors
Made in U.S.A. Productions, Inc (-), Public Forum Productions, Ltd (production company), KERA Dallas/Ft. Worth (Television station)
Other Authors
Elsa Rassbach (television producer), Ron Milner (screenwriter), Leslie Lee, 1930-2014 (actor), Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, 1953-, Clarence Felder, Moses Gunn, 1929-1993
Item Description
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.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, 1.33:1 standard presentation, mono, all regions.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Bill Birch ; editor, John Carter ; music, Elizabeth Swados.

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