by Sterling Entertainment
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| Sales Rank: | 30741 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $13.82 |
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| Director: | Martin Ritt |
| Release Date: | 2002-04-30 |
| Label: | Sterling Entertainment |
| UPC: | 084296403387 |
| Binding: | HD DVD |
| Published By: | Sterling Entertainment |
| ASIN: | B00007M5IF |
| Category: | DVD |
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Martin Ritt (Hud) directed this wonderful 1972 drama about a family of African American sharecroppers in rural Louisiana during the Great Depression. When the father is sent to jail for stealing food to feed his family, the others regroup in order to survive. Cicely Tyson brings grace and strength to her role, and director Martin Ritt pushes the story well past nostalgia toward an understated but obvious look at burgeoning self-determination among blacks (even the roots of future militancy). If Ritt, a white director, can't get any closer to the characters' experience than he already does, he is still a fine storyteller and this is a terrific tale. --Tom Keogh
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Book Subjects
- Animal Picture
- Bittersweet
- Color
- Comedies
- Coming-of-Age
- Depression-Era Life
- Down on Their Luck
- Drama
- Earnest
- Earthy
- English
- Family Drama
- Feature
- Feature Film-drama
- Heartwarming
- High Artistic Quality
- Man's Best Friend
- Movie
- Poignant
- Race Relations