The Killing Floor
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During WWI, a Black Southerner migrates to Chicago's slaughterhouses and becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement that will change the city forever.
Why watch: Bill Duke's first feature won the Sundance Special Jury Prize and screened at Cannes. About the 1919 Chicago race riot.
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Cast
Damien Leake as Frank Custer
Alfre Woodard as Mattie
Dennis Farina as Supervisor
Ernest Rayford as Thomas Joshua
Moses Gunn as Heavy Williams
Clarence Felder as Bremer
Mary Alice as Lilah Dean
Cynthia Baker as Emma
Gerry Becker as Meyer
Wanda Christine as Woman in Bar
Nathan Davis as Judge Alschuler
Henryk Derewenda as John Kikulski
Phillip East as Joe Hodges
Paul Eaton as John Spriggs
Jason Green as Frank Custer Jr.
Crew
Bill Duke — Director
Leslie Lee — Writer
Elsa Rassbach — Story
William Birch — Director of Photography
Elizabeth Swados — Original Music Composer
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