Episode 140 - Charles Burnett

It’s the 30th anniversary of legendary filmmaker Charles Burnett’s excellent To Sleep With Anger so who better to celebrate it’s birthday than the man responsible for it? Scott & Marcus were honored to sit with Mr. Burnett to chat about everything from spirituality & old school superstitions to the importance of paying homage to our ancestors that came before us. But this episode is bigger than just celebrating the anniversary of a landmark film. We wanted to do our part to show certain pockets of movie fans that Charles Burnett’s cinema goes beyond Killer Of Sheep & My Brother’s Wedding (a film most people wouldn’t have seen had it not been included in the special features of the remastered DVD Milestone release of Killer Of Sheep). Burnett’s filmography spans over 50 years, and it was wonderful to check in about this gem- though My Brother’s Wedding and Killer of Sheep were mentioned of course. Like F Gary Gray, Wendell B Harris and Matty Rich, Charles Burnett is another black filmmaker that never had a major alliance or association with other prominent black film movements/cliques like Robert Townsend/Keenen Ivory Wayans, Spike Lee/Ernest Dickerson or Lee Daniels/Tyler Perry. He’s always had to make his own path (and in doing so he’s left behind an incredibly underrated body of work that continues on today). Thanks to it’s recent Blu-ray & DVD re-release by Criterion Collection, To Sleep With Anger has found a new audience/lane of fans, so this episode serves as a nice additional supplement. This was over a year in the making so we hope you not only enjoy this discussion, but come back to it for multiple listens in the future. Enjoy... reach out if you are bored/struggling both or neither We are virtually around Also, PLEASE RATE US ON ITUNES AND ANYWHERE YOU CAN RATE US Yo we have shirts and masks- rdbl.co/2AYLPah Are there other Zebras items you would like to purchase? Email us at ZebrasPod@gmail.com Also email us if you’d like us to review your movie Tweet us at @ZebrasPod Want Marcus to review your film in the written form? PinnlandEmpire.com Want Scott to score your movie? ScottThorough.com Check out Marcus’ new album marcus9.bandcamp.com/album/the-mpc-era Check out Scott’s new album- scottthorough.bandcamp.com/album/bird Scott’s new single- uddtba.bandcamp.com/album/losing-my…se-of-detention God bless everyone with shades on