Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in director Martin Ritt's poignant drama about the trials and tribulations of a family of black sharecroppers living in the deep South in the 1930s.

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Sounder (film) Sounder is a 1972 film starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal , and Eric Hooks. It was adapted by Lonne Elder III and directed by Martin Ritt from the 1970 Newbery Medal-winning novel...

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...has a few things to learn himself before he can get Benjie back on the right track. Ralph Nelson directs this family drama that also stars Cicely Tyson. Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. Rent A...

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...scenes of rural 1933 Louisiana ample breathing room. The era's premier family movie garnered Oscar nominations for picture, exceptional leads Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield, plus the script. Dealing with ingrained black poverty, dad Winfield's...

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...and intellectually to the adult world. And as the mother, Cicely Tyson breaks your heart, not just because of her performance, but also because "Sounder" reminds you of the film career she barely had. Walking the Louisiana back roads in her...

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...his thorny path, but was chosen, both by his own people and, seemingly, a higher power. Winfield and Tyson (who'd starred together in the fabulous "Sounder" six years prior) are both first-rate as Martin and Coretta, and along with Mann's...

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...other biographical films have been made about King (including the 1978 television miniseries "King," which starred Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson), DreamWorks said this was the first such project about him to be officially authorized by the...

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