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The Learning Tree
(1969)
Director: Gordon Parks
Key Cast: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Mira Waters, Joel Fluellen, Malcolm Atterbury, Richard Ward, Russell Thorson, Peggy Rea, Carol Lamond, Kevin Hagen, Jimmy Rushing, Dub Taylor, Felix Nelson, George Mitchell, Saundra Sharp, Stephen Perry, Don Dubbins, Jon Lormer, Morgan Sterne, Thomas Anderson, Phillip Roye, Hope Summers, Carter Vinnegar, Bobby Goss
Rating: PG
Genre(s): Drama |
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| Description |
"The Learning Tree" is a touching, coming-of-age story about a young Black teenager growing
up in rural Kansas during the 1920s and 1930s.
Starring Kyle Johnson as Newt, "The Learning Tree" shows how Newt learns about life from the people around him
and the situations he encounters.
Sentimental in feel, "The Learning Tree" provides an insightful perspective on life for a 15 yr. old Black teen
during a time long before the Civil Rights Movement.
Directed by Gordon Parks, "The Learning Tree" is based on Parks' semi-autobiographical novel
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| Trivia |
• "The Learning Tree" is the first Hollywood studio film to be directed by an African-American director. Prior to starting his directing career, Gordon Parks was a successful photographer and journalist for Life magazine. He worked for Life magazine for twenty years from 1948-1968.
• Gordon Parks also directed Shaft, another Top 100 Black Classic Movie. Shaft and Sweet Sweetback's Baadaasss Song (directed by Melvin Van Peebles) are credited with igniting the Blaxploitation film explosion that led to the making of many Black movies in the 1970s.
• "The Learning Tree" was filmed in Fort Scott, Kansas which is where Gordon Parks was born and where the book "The Learning Tree" is written about.
• Gordon Parks not only directed "The Learning Tree" but also he wrote the screenplay for the film. The screenplay and movie is based on Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical book about growing up as a boy in Fort Scott, Kansas. |
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| Awards |
• Selected in 1989 to the U.S. Library of Congress, National Film Registry. "The Learning Tree" was one of the first films to be given this distinction after the registry was established. Only twenty-five films are selected each year.
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| "The Learning Tree" DVD |
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| "The Learning Tree" (Book) by Gordon Parks |
Buy "The Learning Tree" book by Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks' first novel was "The Learning Tree"
which was first released in 1963.
This book is a semi-autobiographical account of his
life as a young boy growing up in the rural
Kansas community of
Fort Scott, Kansas.
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"The Learning Tree" book was written by Gordon Parks and is based on his life growing up in Fort Scott, Kansas.
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