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- Gordon Parks
- 107 min
- 10
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. 452 IMDb 7.2 1 h 47 min 1969. 18+. Drama · Dark · Philosophical · Sentimental. Available to rent or buy.
- 107 min
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
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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.
- (1.6K)
- Drama
- Gordon Parks
- 1970-03-13
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.
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New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. New documentary on the making of the film and its artistry, featuring curator Rhea L. Combs and filmmakers Ina Diane Archer, Ernest R. Dickerson, and Nelson George.