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Sounder

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Sounder
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NR,1hr 45min
Genres:
Family,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1972
Director:
Martin Ritt
Distributor:
Koch Vision
Starring:
Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks  ...more
Synopsis: Martin Ritt's big-screen adaptation of William H. Armstrong's Newberry Award winning novel, Sounder stars Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, and Kevin Hooks as a black family struggling through life in depression-era Louisiana. The Morgan family is poor, but close. Young son David (Hooks) enjoys hunting with his father Nathan (Paul Winfield) and his trusted dog Sounder. Eventually, they fall on such rough times that Nathan steals a loaf of bread to feed his family, but he is arrested and sentenced to a ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
Director Martin Ritt -- who was blacklisted in the 1950s for his association with the Communist Party -- specializes in intimate, earthy southern dramas (Murphy's Romance, Norma Rae, Hud), and Sounder is one of his best works. Taj Mahal's sparse blues score combines with John A. Alonzo's stirring cinematography to create the movie's palpable sense of mood and setting (shot on location in Louisiana). ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
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