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The Learning Tree

1969, Movie, M, 107 mins

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Undoubtedly the biggest surprise among the first 25 films selected in 1989 for inclusion in the National Film Registry, this visually beautiful and moving, if somewhat melodramatic, story of a black teenager growing up in Kansas in the 1920s was the first feature film by a black director to be financed by a major Hollywood studio. Gordon Parks directed, produced, wrote, and composed the score of this adaptation of his 1963 semi-autobiographical novel after a highly successfu... read more leave a comment
Year: 1969
Rated M

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Cast
Kyle Johnson: Newt Winger
Alex Clarke: Marcus Savage
Estelle Evans: Sarah Winger
Dana Elcar: Sheriff Kirky
Mira Waters: Arcella Jefferson
Joel Fluellen: Uncle Rob

 

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