Part 2, Sounder

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Part 2, Sounder
Directed byWilliam A. Graham
Screenplay byLonne Elder III
Based onSounder
by William H. Armstrong
Produced by
StarringHarold Sylvester
Ebony Wright
Taj Mahal
Annazette Chase
Darryl Young
CinematographyUrs Furrer
Edited bySidney Levin
Music byTaj Mahal[1]
Production
company
Radnitz/Mattel Productions
Release date
  • October 13, 1976 (1976-10-13)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Part 2, Sounder is a 1976 American drama film directed by William A. Graham.[2] It is the sequel to the 1972 Oscar-nominated film Sounder, which in turn is based on William H. Armstrong's Newbery Award-winning novel of the same name.[3]

Although Lonne Elder III and Robert B. Radnitz returned as screenwriter and producer respectively, neither Martin Ritt nor any of the cast members from the first film participated in the sequel, with the exception of Ted Airhart who reprised his role as Mr. Perkins and Taj Mahal, who reprised his role as Ike and returned as composer.[1][4] According to Bob McCann, the film was "barely released."[5]

  • Harold Sylvester as Nathan Lee Morgan
  • Ebony Wright as Rebecca Morgan
  • Taj Mahal as Ike Phillips
  • Darryl Young as David Lee Morgan
  • Erica Young as Josie Mae
  • Ted Airhart as Mr. Perkins
  • Annazette Chase as Camille Johnson

Reception

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Roger Ebert gave the film two stars.[6] Richard Eder, reviewing the film for The New York Times, called it "unrelievedly didactic" and "a depressed kind of film, with a lot of gloominess and teeth-gritting".[1]

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