Film
The Learning Tree
- 2PM
- 9PM
The first film first made by an African-American director for a major Hollywood studio, this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama from photojournalist-director Gordon Parks (Shaft) follows the rocky path towards self-determination of a strong-willed teenage boy (Johnson) growing up in 1920s Kansas. Parks’ nuanced direction and photographer’s eye yields a complex look at race relations in the pre-Civil Rights-era South imbued with striking visual beauty.
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