Sounder (1972)


Sounder
8.3 Listal rating
7.6 IMDB rating
Directed by


Starring (View all)
Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews

Carmen Mathews

Mrs. Boatwright
James Best

James Best

Sheriff Young
Eric Hooks

Eric Hooks

Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell

Yvonne Jarrell

Josie Mae Morgan


Written by
Lonne Elder III

Lonne Elder III

(screenplay)


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Description: Nathan Lee Morgan (Paul Winfield), an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his hungry family and is arrested, leaving his wife and children to endure the hardships imposed on them by the economic depression and ... Full Descriptionprejudice of the 1930's South. Directed by Martin Ritt, Sounder is a p ... (more)
Release date : 10 May 1973
UPC: 084296403387
Race (2), Drama (1), Based On A Novel (1), Dogs (1), Animals (1), South (1), Tearjerker (1), Sad (1), Dog (1), Blacks (1), Farm (1), Prison (1), Jail (1), Racism (1)
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" At the same time that blaxpoitation was helping to express the feelings & experience of urban life, there were also other films in the early 70's that were helping to depict the black experience in America outside the gritty streets of the inner cities. David, the eldest son of a family that's living on poverty level means already, has his life thrown into further desperation when his father is charged & sent away for stealing. Now, it is young David who must fill void left by his dad & learn "


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"1972 NOMINEE - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Robert B. Radnitz"


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"Cicely Tyson Rarely are our great African American actresses given roles like Rebecca in this Disney film. Even rarer still are they actually rewarded with Oscar nominations. Tyson’s take on a stoic (though never sappy) 1930s sharecropping matriarch, who desperately tries to encourage her children to succeed in a climate short on hope, brought her into serious contention for the award in the only year where two African American women were nominated for the big award (Tyson was nominated alongs"


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