The Learning Tree

The Learning Tree

Infobox_Film
name = The Learning Tree


imdb_id = 0064579
writer = Gordon Parks
starring = Kyle Johnson
Alex Clarke
Estelle Evans
Dana Elcar
director = Gordon Parks
producer = Gordon Parks
distributor =
released = August 6, 1969
runtime = 107 min
language = English
budget =

"The Learning Tree" is a 1969 film which tells the story of a young African American growing up in a rural setting in the early part of the 20th century, when racial discrimination was a social norm, legally sanctioned in parts of the United States.

Plot

Gordon Parks' adaptation of his own autobiographical novel, "The Learning Tree" (Fawcett Crest, 1963), 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. Marcus Savage (Alex Clarke) is hot-headed and prone to react emotionally when confronted with racism. Newt gets into a difficult situation when he witnesses a murder and must decide if he should come forward to clear the man being framed for the crime. Doing so would forever change his own life, as well as Marcus'. In 1989, the film was selected to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress.

"The Learning Tree" was filmed in Fort Scott, Kansas with local residents as extras.


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