Directed by bill duke.
The killing floor 1985.
1985 press photo the killing floor ernest rayford alfre woodard damien leake this is an original press photo.
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.
He becomes prominent as a leader of fellow african americans in the union though many including his best friend view him as a sell out.
Photo front photo back.
With damien leake alfre woodard dennis farina ernest rayford.
Well and sometimes graphically produced for pbs american playhouse the killing floor stars damien leake as a southern black sharecropper seeking a better life in chicago.
Marc blucas stars as the agent who receives videotapes of himself in the mail fears someone is watching him and ultimately falls apart as his paranoia gets the better of him.
Photo measures 10 x 8 25inches.
In 1985 it was invited to numerous festivals including cannes and received the sundance special jury award for drama.
But tension mounts between the blacks and whites and a violent confrontation erupts turning the streets of chicago into the ultimate killing floor bill duke s hard hitting docudrama produced for pbs s american playhouse mixes documentary footage with a dramatization of the events leading up to the riots to powerful effect.
Praised by the village voice as the most clear eyed account of union organizing on film the killing floor is a powerful historical drama set in the era of the great migration during world war one.
Photo is dated 1985.