Sounder Soundtrack

Synopsis: The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The journey becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey, he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.
Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): Martin Ritt
Actors: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews
Production: Rainbow Group / KOCH Entertainment
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
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G
Year:
1972
105 min
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1Horseshoes1:59
2Jailhouse Blues3:55
3Motherless Children1:19
4Needed Time2:54
5Speedball1:39

Lonne Elder III

Lonne Elder III (December 26, 1927 – June 11, 1996) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Elder was one of the leading African American figures who aggressively informed the New York theater world with social and political consciousness. He also wrote scripts for television and film. His most well known play, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men won him a Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Playwright and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. The play, which was about a Harlem barber and his family, was produced by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1969. more…

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