73. A Girl Named Sooner

This tv movie from 1975, is based on the novel of the same name. Set in the 1930s, Sooner, nine, is being raised by a poverty-stricken bootlegger named Old Mam Hawes. When Sooner is removed from the home, she becomes the ward of a childless couple in the hill country of Velray, Indiana. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073047/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001665/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001665/awards/?ref_=nm_awd https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001077/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001458/?ref_=tt_cl_t_6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Named_Sooner#:~:text=The%20child%20actress%20who%20would,screen%20testing%20and%20final%20approval