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Listen here for the full story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9213673

See the film's website for screenings: http://www.killerofsheep.com/screenings.html

Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep, one of the most acclaimed American films of the last 50 years, has seldom been screened. It was made by Burnett in 1973; since then, it has been hailed as a hauntingly beautiful portrait of Watts.

Critics have hailed Killer of Sheep as one of the masterpieces of American cinema, but it is also one of the ghosts. In spite of the recognition and acclaim, few people have actually seen the picture - it's been tied up in legal limbo since it was made in 1977, and has never had a wide release.

That is because Burnett never secured the rights to all of the music in the film, meaning that he could never show it commercially. Now the music rights have been negotiated — and the movie will open in theaters at the end of March.

Killer of Sheep is so revered that it was among the first 50 films selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. The film, which began as a student project, won the Critics Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, and led to a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" grant for Burnett.

Howie Movshovitz of Colorado Public Radio reports.

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