The Learning Tree

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The Learning Tree

1969

Miscegenation, Kansas, Prostitutes, African Americans, Pregnancy, Sheriffs, Robbery, Funerals, Adolescence, Tornadoes

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Cast: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans
Director: Gordon Parks
Writer: Gordon Parks, Genevieve Young
Cinematographer: Burnett Guffey
Editor: George Rohrs
Production Designers: Edward Engoron
Production Company: Winger Enterprises

With THE LEARNING TREE (1969), director and acclaimed photographer Gordon Parks made history as the first African American director on a major studio film. The film, based on his own semi-autobiographical novel about growing up in Kansas, became one of the first 25 films selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress’ newly founded National Film Registry… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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