Sounder [videorecording] / Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc. ; director, Martin Ritt ; producer, Robert B. Radnitz ; screenplay, Lonne Elder, III.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: KOC-DV-6587 | Koch VisionPublication details: [Port Washington, N.Y.] : Koch Vision, 2008.Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 1417231068
- Sounder (Motion picture)
- 791.43/72 22
- PN1997 .S586 2008
- Photography, John A. Alonzo ; film editor, Sid Levin ; production designer, Walter Herndon ; music, Taj Mahal.
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*Paperback | Ayers | FIC | F ARM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 421037 |
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.
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.