TO SLEEP WITH ANGER
Directed and Written by Charles Burnett
Harry Mention (Danny Glover) is a charmer of the old school, a man of courtly wiles and undiluted Mississippi magic. He spins tales of the Old South that mesmerize the family whose South Central Los Angeles home he comes to visit. He can even hypnotize the backyard chickens. But some soon wonder if this beguiling wastrel doesn't carry the curse of charisma for a family that has never quite shaken the past from its restless heart. When the father suddenly falls ill, they are sure of it: Harry is the devil's...