search articles:     from the issue of April 19, 2007         Ross lands rare 'Killer of Sheep' showing "Killer of Sheep," one of the first 50 films selected to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, opens April 20 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The film is one of the most famous and acclaimed pieces of cinema by African-American filmmaker Charles Burnett. Due to music licensing problems, the film has rarely been screened, and then only in ragged 16mm prints. A six-year push by Milestone Film cleared all rights to "Killer of Sheep." Milestone Film is presenting the University of California at Los Angeles Film and Television Archive's 35mm restoration on the 30th anniversary of "Killer of Sheep." The film examines Watts, a black Los Angeles ghetto, in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer struggling to keep from becoming detached and numb from working at a slaughterhouse. Frustrated by money problems, Stan finds respite in moments of simple beauty - the warmth of a coffee cup against his cheek, slow dancing to the radio with his wife, and holding his daughter. "Killer of Sheep" offers Stan no solution, presenting life from the hauntingly bleak to transcendent joy. "Killer of Sheep" is playing at the Ross through April 26. For more information, including show times, go online to www.theross.org or 472-5353. GO TO: ISSUE OF APRIL 19 ARTS HEADLINES FOR APRIL 19 Ross lands rare 'Killer of Sheep' showing American Life in Poetry Chiara opens statewide tour April 29 Clay Club's spring sale begins April 27 Entries sought for staff art exhibition 'Flora of Nebraska' details state's plants GLAZING WINSTON Great Plains gallery hosts artists' public creation of clay sculptures 'Sheldon Connections' to transform museum space into performance/gathering place 732785S36998X