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Sounder [videorecording] / [Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. ; Rock Creek Entertainment ; Touchstone Television] ; producer, Kevin Hooks ... Clara George ; teleplay by Bill Cain ; directed by Kevin Hooks.

Hooks, Kevin, 1958- (Added Author). George, Clara. (Added Author). Cain, Bill, 1947- (Added Author). Lumbly, Carl. (Added Author). Douglass, Suzzanne, 1957- (Added Author). Robertson, Daniel Lee, III. (Added Author). MacNeill, Peter. (Added Author). Lake, Bill. (Added Author). Winfield, Paul. (Added Author). Johnson, Marcus. (Added Author). Archer, Ashley (Actress) (Added Author). Watkis, Joshua. (Added Author). Charters, Rodney, 1948- (Added Author). Holdridge, Lee, 1944- (Added Author). Nord, Richard. (Added Author). Armstrong, William Howard, 1914- Sounder. (Added Author). Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. (Added Author). Rock Creek Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Touchstone Television. (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0788846620
  • ISBN: 9780788846625
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2003.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Title from container.
Based on the book by William H. Armstrong.
Originally broadcast January 19, 2003 as a segment of: The wonderful world of Disney.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Rodney Charters; original music, Lee Holdridge; film editor, Richard Nord.
Participant or Performer Note:
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass, Daniel Lee Robertson III, Peter MacNeill, Bill Lake, Paul Winfield, Marcus Johnson, Ashley Archer, Joshua Watkis.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: TV-PG.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Issued also on VHS.
System Details Note:
DVD, Dolby digital, Region 1 encoding, fullscreen presentation (1.33:1); Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Adventure and adventurers > Drama.
African American children > Drama.
Preteens > Drama.
Travel with dogs > Drama.
Adventure and adventurers > Drama.
Travel > Drama.
Dogs > Drama.
Adventure and adventurers.
African American children.
Preteens.
Travel with dogs.
Genre: Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Athens Regional Library System:
      Lay Park Community Resource Ctr.
DVD SOUNDER ( Send Text)
31001001999516 AV Available
Azalea Regional Library System:
      Jasper County Public Library
DVD F SOU ( Send Text)
31056006309749 AV Checked out
Azalea Regional Library System:
      Stanton Memorial Library
DVD F SOU ( Send Text)
31056006307263 AV Available
Bartram Trail Regional Library:
      Taliaferro County Library
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31004000154349 ADULT Available
Catoosa County Library System:
      Catoosa County Library
J VIDEO SOUNDER ( Send Text)
31687900087834 JVIDEO Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Headquarters Library
J FIC SOUNDER (2003) ( Send Text)
31012002870390 JUV Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Lovejoy Branch
J FIC SOUNDER (2003) ( Send Text)
31012002870366 CHILDREN'S DVDS Available
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      Morrow Branch
J FIC SOUNDER (2003) ( Send Text)
31012002870358 JUV Available
Desoto Trail Regional Library:
      Blakely-Maddox Memorial Library
DVD SOUNDER ( Send Text)
31017005875064 AV Checked out
Desoto Trail Regional Library:
      Camilla-DeSoto Trail Regional Library
DVD SOUNDER ( Send Text)
31017005598203 AV Available


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