Bibliograph

Sounder, Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. ; Rock Creek Entertainment ; Touchstone Television ; producers, Clara George, Kevin Hooks ; teleplay writer, Bill Cain ; director, Kevin Hooks

Type

Label

Sounder, Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. ; Rock Creek Entertainment ; Touchstone Television ; producers, Clara George, Kevin Hooks ; teleplay writer, Bill Cain ; director, Kevin Hooks

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: TV-PG

Main title

Sounder

Oclc number

52300945

Responsibility statement

Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. ; Rock Creek Entertainment ; Touchstone Television ; producers, Clara George, Kevin Hooks ; teleplay writer, Bill Cain ; director, Kevin Hooks

Runtime

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

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Classification