Editing Killer of Sheep (section)

== Roof jumping scene ==
One scene contains a low-angle shot of children leaping from rooftop to rooftop.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Killer of Sheep: Redeeming the Everyday|title=American Film History: Selected Readings, 1960 to the Present|year=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons |editor1-last=Grundmann|editor1-first=Roy|editor2-last=Lucia|editor2-first=Cynthia|editor3-last=Simon|editor3-first=Art|isbn=9781118475003}}</ref> Juliet Clark, a journalist writing for the [[Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive]], said the scene shows how children in the film "seem to achieve a mobility that eludes their elders".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/event/killer-sheep-11|title=Killer of Sheep|website=[[BAMPFA]]|date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref>

In 2009, a still from the scene, showing one of the boys mid-jump, was reproduced in red tint and used as the cover of rapper [[Mos Def]]'s album ''[[The Ecstatic]]''. According to ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine's Dale Eisinger, the "subtle and still-moving" cover has a "hazy, dream-like movement, appearing as a non-narrative, loose collection of vignettes that are tangentially fascinating and incredibly powerful", while reflecting the ideas of cultural justice and global inequality present throughout Mos Def's work.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eisinger |first=Dale |year=2013 |url=http://www.complex.com/style/2013/09/best-rap-album-covers/the-ecstatic |title=The Ecstatic – The 50 Best Rap Album Covers of the Past Five Years |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=June 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619203906/http://www.complex.com/style/2013/09/best-rap-album-covers/the-ecstatic |archive-date=June 19, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>