Sounder Summary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Martin Ritt
Genres: Drama
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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 work camp. Mother Rebecca (Tyson) realizes that David is now responsible for taking care of the family. He sets out to locate where his father is being held, and becomes involved in a school for black children where he learns facts that give him a new level of self-esteem. Sounder was nominated for a variety of Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Perry Seibert, Rovi
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