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Sounder

G 1972 · 1h 45m · Drama
Starring Cicely Tyson · Paul Winfield · Kevin Hooks
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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.

Theatrical
Sep 24, 1972
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 25, 2008
Director
Martin Ritt
Writer
Lonne Elder III
Producer
Robert B. Radnitz
Music
Taj Mahal
Studio
Radnitz/Mattel Productions
Themes
based on novel or book louisiana great depression family relationships urban hardship sharecropper prison camp stealing food 1930s
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Saga of African-American sharecroppers in the Depression-era South.

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Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
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Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
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Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
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Taj Mahal
Ike
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Janet MacLachlan
Camille Johnson
C
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
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James Best
Sheriff Charlie Young
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Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Harriet
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Teddy Airhart
Mr. Perkins
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Jerry Leggio
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