Otherness in Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep

Killer of Sheep, written and directed by Charles Burnett shedding light on Watts, another district Los Angeles, where Hollywood is also located, takes its place in the history cinema with extremely impressive realistic style from idea emergence story to casting. With scenes hope reality collide, musical richness that accompanies these scenes, way life issues are handled, film transforms audience into a partner stories told. By focusing neighbourhood everyday dynamics individuals living this neighbourhood, conveys South those who familiar North, very original thought-provoking way. As an example Black Independent Cinema, while revealing otherness, it makes use narrative form outside classical cinema. In context, phenomenon otherness Sheep discussed through critical point view. It has been chosen as subject study since offers insight dominant ideological codes period. Besides, Cinema reproduces time time. When relationship between ideology transformative effect sense considered, presents realities different technique techniques. Reflecting ways experienced life, reveals class, racial, spatial, gendered practices otherness. Focusing experiences “other” cinema, spaces womanhood textual analysis method.