Killer of Sheep is the film that made writer-director Charles Burnett's reputation, but My Brother's Wedding is by far the superior film in all respects. Shot in colour, the film eschews the poetic excesses of Sheep in favour of a slight but utterly riveting story about a working-class African-American family who operate a laundry in South Central Los Angeles. Burnett's screenplay is pitch perfect, and the amateur cast simply outstanding. My Brother's Wedding is everything Killer of Sheep isn't, and frankly a much better entry point for the Charles Burnett neophyte. If you want to get a good, unvarnished look at African-American life in the 1980s, look no further. This is a great film.
Review of My Brother's Wedding
