Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977, TV Movie)

Starring:

• LeVar Burton
• Ossie Davis
• Dolph Sweet
• Chick Vennera
• Tina Andrews
• Roxie Roker
• T.K. Carter
• Michael Constantine
• Sharon Ullrick

Storyline

Levar Burton stars in this gripping family drama concerning a sensitive, but a hardened inner-city teenager who is spiritually revitalized after a suicide attempt. He gets a job as an assistant in a veterinarian's office, and working with all the animals begins to affect his outlook on life.

Killer of Sheep (1977)

Starring:

• Henry G. Sanders
• Kaycee Moore
• Charles Bracy
• Angela Burnett
• Eugene Cherry
• Jack Drummond
• Slim
• Delores Farley
• Tobar Mayo

Storyline

In Watts, an urban and mostly African-American section of Los Angeles, Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders) spends his days toiling away at a local slaughterhouse. His macabre profession seeps into his personal life as he struggles to keep his family afloat and content. Other life situations also prove to be difficult, since it seems that dark intentions lurk within the people he meets outside his family. The layers of stress cause Stan to question whether a better quality of life is possible.