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Nathan Lee Morgan (Paul Winfield), an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his hungry family and is arrested, leaving his wife, Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), and their three children to endure the hardships of prejudice and poverty in the Depression-era South. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, this acclaimed film, directed by Martin Ritt and adapted from the Newbery Award-winning book, tells the coming-of-age story of a boy and his dog.