The Killing Floor 1984

The film debuted on pbs via the american playhouse series on april 10 1984 and was produced by public forum productions an independent company founded by the film s writer elsa rassbach.

The killing floor 1984.

Storyline during world war i a poor black southerner travels north to chicago to get work in the city s slaughterhouses where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement. The killing floor 1984 film movement 118 min usa dir. It was directed by gideon raff and stars marc blucas shiri appleby and reiko aylesworth. The killing floor looks to union organizing by chicago s slaughterhouse workers during world war i.

He becomes prominent as a leader of fellow african americans in the union though many including his best friend view him as a sell out. The killing floor is a 1984 american award winning made for television drama film directed by bill duke which highlights the plights of workers fighting to build an interracial labor union in the meatpacking industry in the years leading up to the chicago race riot of 1919. Bill duke bill duke s feature debut which premiered on pbs american playhouse series in 1984 to rave reviews tells the little known true story of the struggle to build an interracial labor union in the chicago stockyards. The killing floor is a 2007 american thriller film.

Produced by public forum productions ltd. Well and sometimes graphically produced for pbs american playhouse the killing floor stars damien leake as a southern black sharecropper seeking a better life in chicago. And funded by the national endowment for the humanities american playhouse foundations corporations and dozens of unions the killing floor premiered on american playhouse in 1984. The teleplay was later adapted by le.

The 1984 made for tv movie has been digitally restored and is now available on streaming. 1984 directed by bill duke synopsis during world war i a poor black southerner travels north to chicago to get work in the city s slaughterhouses where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.