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The Learning Tree

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Director: Gordon Parks
Cast: Dana Elcar Kevin Hagen Don Dubbins Dub Taylor George Mitchell Hope Summers
Genre: Drama Teen
Premiere: August 6, 1969
Running time: 107 min
Country: USA

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. Based on Parks' 1963 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, The Learning Tree was the first film directed by a Black filmmaker for a major American film studio, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

In 1989, The Learning Tree was among the first group of 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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The Learning Tree is a movie (1969) from USA. Genre: drama, teen. Directed by Gordon Parks. Starring Dana Elcar, Kevin Hagen, Don Dubbins, Dub Taylor and George Mitchell. Running time: 107 min. Rating: 6.9/10.

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