The Learning Tree (1969)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 3
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 1
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Gordon Parks' adaptation of his own novel The Learning Tree stars Kyle Johnson as Newt, a black teenager living in 1920s Kansas. He is an intelligent even-tempered young man who meets the many racial prejudices he faces with composure and pride. His best friend Marcus (Alex Clarke) is hot-headed and prone to react emotionally when confronted with life's problems. Newt gets into a difficult situation when he witnesses a murder and must decide if he should come forward to clear the man being
Sep 1, 1969 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
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Kyle Johnson
Newt -
Alex Clarke
Marcus -
Estelle Evans
Sarah -
Dana Elcar
Sheriff Kirky -
Mira Waters
Arcella -
Joel Fluellen
Uncle Rob -
Malcolm Atterbury
Silas Newhall -
Richard Ward
Booker Savage -
Russell Thorson
Judge Cavanaugh -
Peggy Rea
Miss McClintock -
Thomas Anderson
Pastor Broadnap -
Don Dubbins
Harley Davis -
Kevin Hagen
Doc Cravens -
Zooey Hall
Chauncey Cavanaugh -
Carole Lamond
Big Mabel -
Jon Lormer
McCormack -
George Mitchell
Jake Kiner -
Felix Nelson
Jack Winger -
Stephen Perry
Jappy -
Philip Roye
Pete Winger -
Morgan Sterne
Mr. Hall -
Hope Summers
Mrs. Kiner -
Dub Taylor
Spikey -
Saundra Sharp
Prissy
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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (3)
The Learning Tree is a sentimental, sometimes awkward, but ultimately moving film about the growing-up of a black teenager in rural Kansas during the 1920s.
Top CriticThe restraint, the composure, the sufficiency of the sentimental gesture constitute a small gift for memory and a real victory in the first stages of this filmmaker's career.
It's conventional and rather toothless.
Falls into the path of giving a message more than it does letting things emerge organically.
Forty years ago, pioneer Gordon Parks had to step with extra care filming 'The Learning Tree' lest the door shut behind him.
Visually beautiful and moving.
Low key, powerful story
Touching autobiographical story with brilliant cinematography.
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March 8, 2006:
Gordon Parks, Influential Director And Photojournalist, Dead At 93Gordon Parks, one of the 20th Century's greatest photojournalists and an influential filmmaker, died...
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