The Learning Tree Movie Review 1969

A beautifully photographed adaptation of Parks' biographical novel about a 14-year-old black boy in the 1920s South, living on the verge of manhood, maturity, love, and wisdom.

Distribution

African-American Images, 1909 W 95th St., Chicago, IL 60643-1105, Phone: (773)445-0322, Toll-free: 800-552-1991, Fax: (773)445-9844, Email: info@africanamericanimages.com, URL: http://www.africanamericanimages.com

Available on VHS
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

This Is Your Life, Coming of Age, African America

Cast

Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar

Cinematography

Burnett Guffey

Director

Gordon Parks

Producer

Gordon Parks

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1989.