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Sounder [videorecording] / Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc. ; director, Martin Ritt ; producer, Robert B. Radnitz ; screenplay, Lonne Elder, III. - [Port Washington, N.Y.] : Koch Vision, 2008. - 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced in 1972. From the novel by William H. Armstrong.

Photography, John A. Alonzo ; film editor, Sid Levin ; production designer, Walter Herndon ; music, Taj Mahal. Photography, John A. Alonzo ; film editor, Sid Levin ; production designer, Walter Herndon ; music, Taj Mahal.

Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Janet Maclachlan.

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.

MPAA rating: G.


DVD, aspect ratio 2.35:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions, Dolby digital.

ISBN: 1417231068

Standard No.: 741952658795

Publisher. No.: KOC-DV-6587 Koch Vision

Subjects--Personal Names:
Armstrong, William H. 1914-1999 --Film adaptations.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American families--Louisiana--Drama.
Depressions--Louisiana--1929--Drama.
Poverty--Louisiana--Drama.
Sharecropping--Louisiana--Drama.
Film adaptations.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Louisiana--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Feature films--United States.

LC Class. No.: PN1997 / .S586 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72