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"Sounder" has to be one of the best. As a schoolteacher, I once read the book aloud in parts during reading time daily to my 4th graders. and when the movie came out I organized a bus field trip for them to see the movie in the big city, where the new movies were released back then and could only be seen there for weeks and weeks until they were released to the boonies. My class saw their teacher cry twice (once in the book and once in the movies) and I think they gained an appreciation for a time and place and culture that they would probably never experience. And I hope some sensitivity, too.
The boy who starred in the movie never became a big star, but I understand he directs a lot.
