Film can be a historical document…
Praised by ‘The Village Voice’ as the most clear-eyed account of union organizing on film; The Killing Floor is the first feature film directed by Bill Duke and explores the little known true story of an African American migrant by the name of Frank Custer (Damien Leake) in his struggles to help build an interracial union in the Chicago Stockyards and to bring his wife Mattie (Alfre Woodard) and family up north. Based on a story by producer Elsa Rassbach, this film traces ethnic and class conflicts that are seething in the city’s giant slaughterhouses when management efforts to divide the workforce fuels racial tension that erupt in the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.
A gripping and important piece of cinema, The Killing Floor is now available on Blu-Ray in a fresh 4K remastering from our friends at Film Movement. We’ve got copies to give away and your chance to win simply couldn’t be easier.
E-mail us at [email protected] with your full name, mailing address, ‘The Killing Floor’ in the subject header and the answer to the following question. True or False?: The Killing Floor actually played on Public Broadcast Television BEFORE it was a selection at Cannes.
The contest is open to all residents of Canada, one entry per household please. It will run until Friday Dec. 4th at 11:59PM. All winners will be informed after the contest has closed.
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