Film Details

Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, and Dennis Farina star in this acclaimed PBS American Playhouse production that recounts the little-known true story of the struggle to build an interracial labor union in the multi-ethnic Chicago Stockyards during the early 20th century. The Village Voice called the movie the most "clear-eyed account of union organizing on film." New digital restoration! Cleveland revival premiere. 118 min.

The Killing Floor, a Cinematheque streaming exclusive, can be watched online from 6/19 thru 7/9 via the link below (coming soon). (Doing so supports the Cinematheque.) Screening fee is $10, and after renting the film, you have 72 hours to watch it.