Builds an honest, natural poignance that would not have been achieved through hollow melodramatics.
The Education of Little Tree (1997)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:10
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The compassionate tale of 8-year-old Little Tree, an orphaned youth whose sojourn at his grandparents' backwoods Smoky Mountains cabin sparks a legacy of learning about his Cherokee roots and the... The compassionate tale of 8-year-old Little Tree, an orphaned youth whose sojourn at his grandparents' backwoods Smoky Mountains cabin sparks a legacy of learning about his Cherokee roots and the oppressive government that seeks to assimilate him. Based on Forrest Carter's controversial novel. [More]
Starring: James Cromwell, Tantoo Cardinal, Graham Greene, Joseph Ashton
Starring: James Cromwell, Tantoo Cardinal, Graham Greene, Joseph Ashton
Director: Richard Friedenberg
Director: Richard Friedenberg
Producer: Jake Everts
Composer: Mark Isham
Story: Forrest Carter
Producer: Jake Eberts
Screenwriter: Richard Friedenberg
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Reviews for The Education of Little Tree
Earnest but evocative, and in moments touching, chronicle of the turbulent childhood of a Cherokee orphan during the Depression.
Pays homage to the spiritual elders who help us to find our place in the world.
The characters are complex enough to pose important questions, yet the themes are sufficiently straightforward for youngsters to learn and enjoy.
The film spends far too much time around the moonshine still and hypocritical local church at the cost of other, more interesting lessons.
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