Director: Gordon Parks
Cast: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Mira Waters,
Plot: The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.
Gordon Parks’ The Learning Tree (1969): Criterion Blu-ray review
Criterion’s new Blu-ray revives Gordon Parks’ semi-autobiographical film The Learning Tree (1969), significant as the first movie produced by a Hollywood studio directed by a Black filmmaker. In this coming-of-age story set in a small […]