The Learning Tree (1969) [The Criterion Collection, Spine #1107]
BDRip 720p | MKV | AVC, 1280x548, ~ 2.6 Mbps | 1hr 47mn | 2.16 GB
English: AC3, 1 ch, 256 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama
BDRip 720p | MKV | AVC, 1280x548, ~ 2.6 Mbps | 1hr 47mn | 2.16 GB
English: AC3, 1 ch, 256 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Parks
Writer: Gordon Parks (novel), Genevieve Young (story consultant)
Stars: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans
With this tender and clear-eyed coming-of-age odyssey, the renowned photographer turned filmmaker Gordon Parks not only became the first Black American director to make a Hollywood studio film, he also served as writer, producer, and composer, resulting in a deeply personal artistic achievement. Based on Parks’s own semi-autobiographical novel, The Learning Tree follows the journey of Newt Winger, a teenage descendant of Exodusters growing up in rural Kansas in the 1920s, as he experiences the bittersweet flowering of first love, finds his relationship with a close friend tested, and navigates the injustices embedded within racist legal and educational systems. Exquisitely capturing the bucolic splendor of its setting, this landmark film tempers nostalgia with an incisive understanding of the harsh realities, hard-won lessons, and often wrenching moral choices that shape the road to self-determination of the young Black man at its center.
Extras:
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