Sounder
Sounder
G | 19 January 2003 (USA)
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This is a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression era of the South. "Boy" (Daniel Lee Robertson III) learns the hard way about the realities of being black, poor and unable to read. But he also learns about the deep love of family, the long-suffering loyalty of a dog and the importance of words, faith, stories & truth.

Also starring Daniel Lee Robertson III
Reviews
Rio Hayward

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Neive Bellamy

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

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Darin

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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Isbel

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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