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Mood:
- EmotionalSincereTouchingUpliftingSentimentalBittersweet
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Plot:
- Coming of AgeHuman SpiritFriendshipParents and ChildrenRich and PoorFamily LifeInjusticeHopes more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s
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Place:
- LouisianaUSACountrysidePrisonSchool
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Sounder, 1972
English
USA
Profile of Sounder
The mood of Sounder is uplifting, emotional, and sincere. The plot centers around being rich or poor, injustice, and the human spirit. It is a drama movie. In approach, Sounder is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the countryside, in a prison, and at a school. The setting is Louisiana. Sounder happens in the 1930s. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Sounder
An extremely powerful and uplifting story about a family of black sharecroppers, the Morgans, set in rural Louisiana during the early 1930s, Martin Ritt's Sounder is so simple and effective that it evokes an emotional response from viewers of all ages. Even so, Sounder is not a children's film by any means; it treats serious, adult issues, and features some of the most deeply felt performances and mature relationships ever captured on film. Sounder's title comes from the name of the Morgan family dog that young David Lee Morgan takes with him while hunting with his father, Nathan. Unfortunately, times are so hard for the Morgans that when Nathan tries to steal a ham for his family, he is caught and sent to a labor camp. David, now the man of the house, sets out on a journey to find the camp where his father was sent. On his way, he comes across an all-black school where he enrolls, learning empowering lessons about black achievement in America. Based on the Newberry Award winning novel by William H. Armstrong, Sounder not only improves on its source material, but it is also one of the rare films about the black experience that moves people of all races.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 24 September 1972 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
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as Rebecca Morgan
as Nathan Lee Morgan
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