EPSILON
Film7.51972105m

Sounder

Drama

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

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Cast

Cicely TysonPaul WinfieldKevin HooksTaj MahalJanet MacLachlanCarmen MathewsJames BestEric HooksYvonne JarrellSylvia Kuumba WilliamsTeddy AirhartRichard Durham

Director

Martin Ritt

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