Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter

Name: Kier-La Janisse on Cockfighter
Director: Sean Welsh
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-10-25
Cast: Kier-La Janisse

2024 · 15 min · Documentary

The author of Cockfight: A Fable of Failure recounts her long history with Monte Hellman’s Cockfighter (1974), which is effectively illegal to screen in the UK due to staged scenes of the titular blood sport.

Directed by Sean Welsh

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