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2008

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Sounder (Motion picture)
Title:	Sounder [videorecording] / Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc. ; director, Martin Ritt ; producer, Robert B. Radnitz ; screenplay, Lonne Elder, III.
Publisher, Date:	[Port Washington, N.Y.] : Koch Vision, 2008.
Description:	1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	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.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: G.
Subjects:	Armstrong, William Howard, 1914-1999 -- Film and video adaptations. African American families -- Louisiana -- Juvenile films. Depressions -- 1929 -- Louisiana -- Juvenile films. Poverty -- Louisiana -- Juvenile films. Sharecropping -- Louisiana -- Juvenile films. Feature films. Film adaptations. Louisiana -- Drama.
Other Author:	Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990. Tyson, Cicely. Winfield, Paul. Radnitz, Robert B. Elder, Lonne. Hooks, Kevin, 1958- Taj Mahal (Musician) Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Sounder. KOCH Vision (Firm) Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc.
Notes:	From the novel by William H. Armstrong. Originally produced in 1972. 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. DVD, aspect ratio 2.35:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions, Dolby digital.
ISBN:	1417231068 9781417231065
Publisher Number:	KOC-DV-6587
Other Number:	244206875
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	250918
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD j Sounder
Medium:	[videorecording]

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