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  1. The Learning Tree is a 1969 American coming-of-age film written, produced and directed by Gordon Parks, who also scored the film. It depicts the life of Newt Winger, a teenager growing up in Cherokee Flats, Kansas, in the 1920s and chronicles his journey into manhood marked with tragic events.

  2. Mar 13, 1970 · The Learning Tree: Directed by Gordon Parks. With Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar. A bittersweet, idyllic story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality.

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    • Drama
    • Gordon Parks
    • 1970-03-13
  3. Newt Winger, a sensitive teenaged Negro boy, lives in a small Kansas town in the mid-1920's; his mother, Sarah, is a domestic for the local circuit judge, and his father works for Jake Kiner, a kindly white rancher. When Newt is injured in a tornado, he is rescued and initiated into sex by Big Mabel, the local whore.

    • Gordon Parks, Jack Aldworth, Fred Giles
    • Kyle Johnson
  4. You can buy "The Learning Tree" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu as download or rent it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu online.

    • Gordon Parks
    • 107 min
    • 10
  5. The Learning Tree (1969) A bittersweet and idyllic story about a year in the life of a 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, immorality.

    • 107 min
  6. A coming-of-age story of a Black teenager in Kansas in the 1920s, who faces racism, love, and moral dilemmas. The plot follows his experiences with his family, friends, and white neighbors, and how he witnesses a murder that could change his fate.

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  8. As an African-American teen in small-town Kansas in the 1920s, Newt Winger (Kyle Johnson) largely shrugs off the racial prejudice of his time and place. His calm and self-controlled perspective is...

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    • Drama
    • PG
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