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Sounder [videorecording] / Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc. ; director, Martin Ritt ; producer, Robert B. Radnitz ; screenplay, Lonne Elder, III.

Summary:

The story of a black sharecropper family living in Louisiana during the Depression. The father steals food for his family and is sent to prison. While he is in jail the mother provides love, security and strength at home. The oldest son bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns home.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1417231068
  • ISBN: 9781417231065
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Publisher: Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Vision, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the novel by William H. Armstrong.
Originally produced in 1972.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, John A. Alonzo ; film editor, Sid Levin ; production designer, Walter Herndon ; music, Taj Mahal.
Participant or Performer Note:
Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Janet Maclachlan.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: G.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Subject: African American families > Louisiana > Drama.
Depressions > 1929 > Louisiana > Drama.
Poverty > Louisiana > Drama.
Sharecropping > Louisiana > Drama.
Louisiana > Drama.
Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999 > Television adaptations.
Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999 > Film adaptations.
Genre: Feature films.
Film adaptations.

Available copies

  • 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

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Summary: The story of a black sharecropper family living in Louisiana during the Depression. The father steals food for his family and is sent to prison. While he is in jail the mother provides love, security and strength at home. The oldest son bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns home.