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Sounder

ISBN: B001E1HCRI

Title: Sounder

Author: DRA DVD S / Rated G

KDL Description:

An extremely powerful and uplifting story about a family of black sharecroppers, the Morgans, set in rural Louisiana during the 1930s.

Amazon Description:

Based on the Newbery Award-winning book by William H. Armstrong…
The beloved family classic starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield

Nathan Lee Morgan (Winfield), an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his starving family and is arrested, leaving his wife, Rebecca (Tyson), and their children to endure the hardships of poverty and prejudice in the Depression-era South. Directed by Martin Ritt, Sounder is a powerful story of a boy, his dog and a family’s triumph over adversity.