Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett

Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director”, Charles Burnett has had a long and diverse filmmaking career.

  • Popularity : 1.327
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1944-04-13
  • Place of Birth : Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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Charles Burnett Movies

  • 2011
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    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

    7.4 2011 HD

    Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...

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  • 2022
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    Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

    Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2014
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    Dreams Are Colder Than Death

    Dreams Are Colder Than Death

    6 2014 HD

    What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this...

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  • 2022
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    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    7.4 2022 HD

    A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

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  • 2000
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    Olivia's Story

    Olivia's Story

    1 2000 HD

    A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...

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  • 2003
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    6.1 2003 HD

    In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

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  • 2017
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    We Blew It

    We Blew It

    5.6 2017 HD

    How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who...

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  • 2019
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    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    A Walk with Charles Burnett

    1 2019 HD

    Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it,...

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1979
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    Your Children Come Back to You

    Your Children Come Back to You

    1 1979 HD

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  • 2007
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    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    5.9 2007 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Glass Shield

    The Glass Shield

    4.8 1994 HD

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  • 1983
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    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1990
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    To Sleep with Anger

    To Sleep with Anger

    6.6 1990 HD

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  • 1970
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    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2000
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    Finding Buck McHenry

    Finding Buck McHenry

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1995
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    When It Rains

    When It Rains

    5.5 1995 HD

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

    The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

    1 2018 HD

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  • 1996
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    Nightjohn

    Nightjohn

    5.6 1996 HD

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  • 2003
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    6.1 2003 HD

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  • 1999
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    Selma, Lord, Selma

    Selma, Lord, Selma

    7.1 1999 HD

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  • 1990
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    To Sleep with Anger

    To Sleep with Anger

    6.6 1990 HD

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  • 1984
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    Bless Their Little Hearts

    Bless Their Little Hearts

    5.9 1984 HD

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  • 1998
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    The Wedding

    The Wedding

    8.3 1998 HD

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Horse

    The Horse

    5.6 1973 HD

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  • 1969
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    Several Friends

    Several Friends

    5 1969 HD

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Annihilation of Fish

    The Annihilation of Fish

    6.2 1999 HD

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  • 1989
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    From Rags to Reality

    From Rags to Reality

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2009
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    Relative Stranger

    Relative Stranger

    5.8 2009 HD

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  • 1997
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    Documenta X - Die Filme

    Documenta X - Die Filme

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1984
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    Bless Their Little Hearts

    Bless Their Little Hearts

    5.9 1984 HD

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  • 2000
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    Olivia's Story

    Olivia's Story

    1 2000 HD

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  • 2000
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    Olivia's Story

    Olivia's Story

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Glass Shield

    The Glass Shield

    4.8 1994 HD

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  • 2007
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    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

    5.9 2007 HD

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  • 1982
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    Illusions

    Illusions

    5.5 1982 HD

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  • 2003
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    6.1 2003 HD

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  • 1979
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    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.8 1979 HD

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  • 1991
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    America Becoming

    America Becoming

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Pocketbook

    The Pocketbook

    5.5 1980 HD

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  • 1982
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    A Different Image

    A Different Image

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Final Insult

    The Final Insult

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1969
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    69 Pickup

    69 Pickup

    1 1969 HD

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  • 2007
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    Quiet as Kept

    Quiet as Kept

    5.2 2007 HD

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  • 2010
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    42 One Dream Rush

    42 One Dream Rush

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 2003
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    For Reel?

    For Reel?

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    For Reel?

    For Reel?

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1970
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    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    Warming by the Devil's Fire

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1991
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    America Becoming

    America Becoming

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    America Becoming

    America Becoming

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1983
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    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Final Insult

    The Final Insult

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1983
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    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.7 1983 HD

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  • 1993
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    Sa-I-Gu

    Sa-I-Gu

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1978
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    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Final Insult

    The Final Insult

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1995
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    When It Rains

    When It Rains

    5.5 1995 HD

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  • 2020
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    Cinetracts '20

    Cinetracts '20

    6 2020 HD

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  • 1979
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    Your Children Come Back to You

    Your Children Come Back to You

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1986
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    Crocodile Conspiracy

    Crocodile Conspiracy

    1 1986 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.627 2011 HD

    A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

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  • 1970
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    6.8 1970 HD

    This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom,...

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  • 1970
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.1 1970 HD

    The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a...

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  • 1970
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    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    7.1 1970 HD

    The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a...

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