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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.
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- Drama, Family
- Martin Ritt
- 1973-04-26
Box office. $16.9 million [3] 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. [4] The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South, who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great Depression.
The scene between the father (Paul Winfield) and the son (Kevin Hooks) is one of the greatest celebrations of the bond between parents and children that I have ever seen in a movie. But it is only one of the scenes like that in "Sounder." The mother is played by Cicely Tyson, and it is a wonder to see the subtleties in her performance. We have ...
The local sheriff (James Best) is in their cabin. He emerges with a side of meat. Nathan is handcuffed in front of his wife and children. He is pushed into the back of a pickup truck with a deputy and the truck drives away. Growling, Sounder takes off after the truck. The deputy seated next to Nathan raises his rifle.
