Sounder | Depression Era Family Drama | Classic Film

my kind of movie. Real people overcoming hardships with courage, patience, joy and love.

Wonderful movie of the hardships of sharecroppers and the depression era. Now I can see how my daddy lived growing up w/o a father who was killed by a railroad accident. He was an inspector on the Terre Haute-Indy line using the old hand cars you see in very old movies and cartoons. They were motorized by 1930, but the wheel was loose, he told his boss each day for 2 or 3 days, but the boss said not to worry. On his way back home, just 6 miles from journeys end, the wheel came off, throwing grandpa off and down the ditch and the wheel landed on him. It happened where the RR line splits off into two and a manned RR tower was right there! They called for an ambulance and got him to the hospital. 6 hours later he died, leaving behind Grandma (who only got a 8th grade education), a 12 yr old girl, a 8 yr old girl and my daddy at 2. If it weren't for Grandma's nephew who worked at Kraft Cheese, dad says they would have likely starved. He would get a 5 lb block of cheese on major holidays, and gave it to Grandma instead. Everything in this movie shows dad's life, including pumping the water outdoors, and using an outhouse. Dad started working at age 8....they all worked!

Just 11 minutes in and it's so beautiful....this people were so rich, physically poor but so rich, comparing to today - how families are between each other and respect and dignity and joy in harsh conditions that's something we never know...

Cicely Tyson most Greatest black actress in the whole wide world 🌐 🌎

Now if this movie doesn't touch your heart then you don't have a heart

I never watched this awesome movie before, not until today 4-6-2024, It is now one of my favorites ❤

So many incredible injustices we had to endure… that will power for so many years… I want to “thank” my ancestors…❤❤

My Mom and Dad loved this movie!❤❤❤❤

Love my people. I love how Miss Boatwright showed her kindness and love to help this family. There was so much evil and racist today.

Always loved to watch those kind of classis movies, even when I am an older woman now - and from Germany - use to watch "roots" and loved it very much - when I was still young but all these amazing black actors just did touch our all hearts and souls - over here - by very many people! Thank you for uploading all these kind of movies for us.👍

Superb movie, one of hardship, poverty and love! Great acting which portrayed those hard days but also the compassion and courage of the people that lived in those times.

Magnifique film. Les acteurs sont merveilleux, les paysages tellement beaux et l'histoire très émouvante. Quelle leçon de vie et d'amour nous donne cette famille face à l'injustice et la pauvreté.

Thank you for this Amazing Movie 🎥🍿 from a time when they took us and are Heart's to special places in our minds AWESOME 😎 STUFF

To all Africans living in US, and to all Black men and women who gave their lives for freedom and liberty of a Blackman today.

This is one of my favorite Movies of all time, this film was absolutely the best movie EVER made. All the actors and actresses in this film were awesome especially Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, and Cicely Tyson were Awesome. One thing I loveed about this film is the storyline and the charming soundtrack. There were a lot of beautiful scenery of agriculture wow.

Qué gran fortaleza de esta familia ..! ❤

Such an inspirational account of love overcoming ingrained hardship & oppression - magnificent landscape matched with excellent evocative quality musicianship & actors - Great to see & hear the classic, Taj Mahal. Loved the school teacher Camille Johnson - she is brilliant. 🙏🏾👏🏽👏🏽

Love these movies & anything with Tyson in it

I am so glad those days are over

Just a good old movie! Strong family ❤😊!