The Killing Floor

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The Killing Floor is a 1984 American television drama film about African American stockyard workers in 1910s Chicago and their struggle to unionize amid racial tensions.

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instanceOf television film ⓘ
awardReceived Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award ⓘ
basedOn historical events in Chicago meatpacking industry ⓘ
cinematographyBy Fred Murphy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depictsEvent labor struggles in Chicago meatpacking industry ⓘ
depictsOrganization Chicago stockyard unions ⓘ
director Bill Duke ⓘ
distributor PBS ⓘ
filmEditingBy John Carter ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
hasTheme class struggle ⓘ
interracial solidarity in labor movement ⓘ
racism in the workplace ⓘ
unionization ⓘ
mainSubject African American stockyard workers ⓘ
labor organizing ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
racial tensions ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork PBS ⓘ
partOfSeries American Playhouse ⓘ
producer Elsa Rassbach ⓘ
productionCompany Channel 4 ⓘ
PBS ⓘ
WDR ⓘ
publicationDate 1984 ⓘ
releaseFormat television broadcast ⓘ
runtime approximately 118 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Elsa Rassbach ⓘ
Leslie Lee ⓘ
setInLocation Chicago ⓘ
Chicago stockyards ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1910s ⓘ
starredActor Alfre Woodard ⓘ
Clarence Felder ⓘ
Damien Leake ⓘ
Dennis Farina ⓘ
Ernest Rayford ⓘ
John Mahoney ⓘ
Moses Gunn ⓘ
Rosanna Carter ⓘ

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Frankie Faison → notableWork → The Killing Floor ⓘ
Trini Alvarado → notableWork → The Killing Floor ⓘ
subject linked to: Trini
Boot Hill → basedOn → The Killing Floor ⓘ
Tess Harper → notableWork → The Killing Floor ⓘ
Clarence Felder → notableWork → The Killing Floor ⓘ