The Killing Floor (1984) [Online]

Start: Friday, August 07, 2020 @ 11:00 AM
End: Friday, August 21, 2020 @ 11:59 AM
$13.60 General Admission

Calgary Cinematheque is thrilled to continue our Virtual Screening series with Bill Duke’s criminally underrated historical drama, The Killing Floor (1984). Praised by The Village Voice as the most "clear-eyed account of union organizing on film," The Killing Floor tells the little-known true story of the struggle to build an interracial labor union in the Chicago Stockyards. The screenplay by Obie Award-winner Leslie Lee, based on an original story by producer Elsa Rassbach, traces the racial and class conflicts seething in the city’s giant slaughterhouses, and the brutal efforts of management to divide the workforce along ethnic lines, which eventually boiled over in the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.

The Killing Floor premiered on PBS' American Playhouse series in 1984 to rave reviews. In 1985 the film was invited to Cannes and won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award. It has been showcased at the Lincoln Center and festivals around the world.

The Killing Floor is available to stream until Friday, August 21st at 12am MST. Tickets are $13.60 (converted from $10 USD) and viewers will have 3 days to watch the film from date of purchase. Click the button below to purchase tickets.

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