Part 2, Sounder

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{{Infobox film

| name = Part 2, Sounder

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| director = William A. Graham

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Terry D. Nelson
• Robert B. Radnitz (uncredited)

}}

| screenplay = Lonne Elder III

| based_on = {{Based on|Sounder|William H. Armstrong}}

| starring = Harold Sylvester
Ebony Wright
Taj Mahal
Annazette Chase
Darryl Young

| music = Taj Mahal{{cite news|last=Eder|first=Richard|title=Film: A Sequel:'Sounder Part 2' Is Gloomy and Full of Sentimentality|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/14/archives/film-a-sequelsounder-part-2-is-gloomy-and-full-of-sentimentality.html|date=October 14, 1976|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=May 25, 2017}}

| cinematography = Urs Furrer

| editing = Sidney Levin

| studio = Radnitz/Mattel Productions

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1976|10|13}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Part 2, Sounder is a 1976 American drama film directed by William A. Graham.{{cite news|last=Moorehead|first=Jim|title='Sounder 2' Reminder Of First|date=October 30, 1976|newspaper=Evening Independent|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19761030&id=-kVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4123,3353489&hl=en|via=Google News|access-date=May 25, 2017}} It is the sequel to the 1972 Oscar-nominated film Sounder, which in turn is based on William H. Armstrong's Newbery Award-winning novel of the same name.{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Howard|title='Sounder 2' to be in S.L. theaters in fall season|date=September 30, 1976|newspaper=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19760930&id=wM5SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6729,7982330&hl=en|via=Google News|access-date=May 25, 2017}}

Although Lonne Elder III and Robert B. Radnitz returned as screenwriter and producer respectively, neither Martin Ritt nor any of the cast members from the first film participated in the sequel, with the exception of Ted Airhart who reprised his role as Mr. Perkins and Taj Mahal, who reprised his role as Ike and returned as composer.{{cite news|last=Marzella|first=Michael|title=Surgery hurts sequel with delicate heart|date=November 1, 1976|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19761101&id=Wh4MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fF0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562,362508&hl=en|via=Google News|access-date=May 25, 2017}} According to Bob McCann, the film was "barely released."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=annazette+chase&pg=PA78|last=McCann|first=Bob|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|year=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786458042}} page 78