A revelatory historical drama that offers a powerful template for social analysis in fiction.
The killing floor film 1985.
Director bill duke cast cynthia baker dennis farina and clarence felder synopsis imdb 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.
Fiction becomes fact as the agent of a horror novelist moves into a new apartment where spooky events besiege him in the killing floor.
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.
After landing a job at one of the.
After premiering on pbs american playhouse series in 1984 to rave reviews the killing floor was invited to cannes and later won the 1985 sundance film festival special jury award.
The killing floor 1985 the labor film database 118m.