Bibliograph

The learning tree, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts presents ; a film by Gordon Parks ; written for the screen, produced and directed by Gordon Parks

Type

Label

The learning tree, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts presents ; a film by Gordon Parks ; written for the screen, produced and directed by Gordon Parks

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The learning tree

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

1277081297

Responsibility statement

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts presents ; a film by Gordon Parks ; written for the screen, produced and directed by Gordon Parks

Runtime

107

Series statement

Criterion collection, 1107

Summary

Based on Parks' semi-autobiographical novel, the film follows the journey of Newt Winger, a teenage descendant of Exodusters growing up in rural Kansas in the 1920s, as he experiences the bittersweet flowering of first love, finds his relationship with a close friend tested, and navigates the injustices embedded within a racist legal and educational system. Exquisitely capturing the bucolic splendor of its heartland setting, this landmark film tempers nostalgia with an incisive understanding of the harsh realities, hard-won lessons, and often wrenching moral choices that shape the road to self-determination of the young Black man at its center

Table Of Contents

Disc one. Learning tree; Supplements -- Disc two. Diary of a Harlem family; The world of Piri Thomas; Introduction [to the films]

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification