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Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel of the same name by William H. Armstrong. The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South, who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great Depression.
Apr 26, 1973 · Sounder: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews. The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
The movie is set in rural Louisiana in about 1933, and involves a black sharecropper family. The boy, David Lee, is twelve or thirteen years old, just the right age to delight in the night-time raccoon hunts he goes on with his father and their hound, Sounder. The hunts are not recreation but necessity.
The Morgans, a family of poor black sharecroppers in the Depression-plagued South, struggle to find enough to eat despite the help their hunting dog, Sounder. When father Nathan (Paul Winfield ...
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Dec 31, 2020 · When his wife Rebecca (Cicely Tyson) sends their young son (Kevin Hooks) to visit him, the boy's journey becomes a life changing rite of passage. Critic Roger Ebert praised Sounder, calling it "a...
The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his ...
Nov 9, 2016 · Sounder (1972) The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South, after his father is imprisoned for stealing foo...
The 1972 film of Sounder was directed by Martin Ritt, screenplay adaptation by Lonnie Elder III, and stars Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson (in Oscar-nominated performances). Filmed on location in Louisiana, the movie starts at night, with Nathan Lee (Paul Winfield) taking his son David (Kevin Hooks) and Sounder out raccoon-hunting.
Sounder is a slice-of-life drama about a black family of sharecroppers in Louisiana in the 1930s. It's a quiet tale about the loving bond of a family with no action (except one shooting scene) or dazzling special effects. The film was nominated for several awards in that years Oscars.
Overview. The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food. Martin Ritt. Director. William H. Armstrong. Novel. Lonne Elder III. Screenplay.
