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To Sleep with Anger is a 1990 American black comedy film written and directed by Charles Burnett. In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Oct 26, 1990 · A horror movie about a mysterious and threatening relative who stays with a black family in California and brings anger and sadness. Danny Glover plays Harry, the emissary of evil, in this subtle and slow-paced film by Charles Burnett.
Oct 12, 1990 · To Sleep with Anger: Directed by Charles Burnett. With Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon, Mary Alice, Reina King. A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
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- Drama
- Charles Burnett
- 1990-10-12
To Sleep with Anger examines cultural tensions with a deft hand and a potent blend of comedy and drama, stirred skillfully to life by a strong cast led by Danny...
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- Charles Burnett
- PG
- Danny Glover
Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, To Sleep with Anger is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility, a portrait of family resilience steeped in the traditions of African American mysticism and folklore.
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Released in 1990, To Sleep with Anger was Burnett’s most ambitious film yet after writing and directing two independent films, Killer of Sheep (1978) and My Brother’s Wedding (1983). Both utilized casts of non-professionals and were rapturously received by critics.
Drama. Charles Burnett's beautiful, poetic masterpiece is novelistic in its narrative density and richness of characterization. Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles.
