Sounder screenplay – Scripts on Screen

Year:1972

Director:Martin Ritt

Written by:Lonne Elder III (Screenplay), William H. Armstrong (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.

Sounder Script Resources:

Sounder Script PDF at The Script Savant
Sounder Script at Screenplays For You
Sounder Script at aellea.com
Sounder Script PDF - 7/29/1971 at Script City ($)
Sounder Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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