Starring: Cicely Tyson , Paul Winfield , Carmen Best , James Best
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Nathan Lee Morgan, an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his starving family and is arrested, leaving his wife and children to endure the hardships imposed on them by the economic depression and prejudice of the 1930s South.
Item Number: 15476
Based on the Newbery Award®-winning book
Nathan Lee Morgan, an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his starving family and is arrested, leaving his wife and children to endure the hardships imposed on them by the economic depression and prejudice of the 1930s South. Directed by Martin Ritt, Sounder is a powerful story of a boy, his dog and his family's triumph over adversity. Starring Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson. 1972. 1 hr., 44 min.