Title:
Sounder / Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. ; Rock Creek Entertainment ; Touchstone Television ; producers, Clara George, Kevin Hooks ; teleplay writer, Bill Cain ; director, Kevin Hooks.
ISBN:
9780788846625
Uniform Title:
Sounder (Television program)
Publication Information:
[United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2003]
Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
©2003
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: June 24, 2003.
Based on the book by William H. Armstrong.
DVD, Dolby, Region 1 encoding.
Summary:
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help (and sometimes hindrance) of various people along the road.
Added Author:
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Audience:
MPAA rating: TV-PG.
Performer:
Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass, Daniel Lee Robertson III, Peter MacNeill, Bill Lake, Paul Winfield, Marcus Johnson, Ashley Archer, Joshua Watkis.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Rodney Charters ; editor, Richard Nord ; original music, Lee Holdridge.
OCLC Number:
ocm52300945
Availability:
Farmington~1
