Sounder
1972 · ★ 7.4 · Dir. Martin Ritt
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 father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.
- Released
- 1972-09-24
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- G
- Language
- EN
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Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
Taj Mahal
Ike
James Best
Sheriff Charlie Young
Eric Hooks
Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell
Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Harriet
Teddy Airhart
Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham
Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield
Deputy #1
Keywords
Based on novel or bookDogFamily relationships1930sUrbanLouisianaGreat depressionPrison campSharecropperHardshipStealing food
