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Teenagers, Black -- Drama.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Teenagers, Black -- Drama.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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The
learning
tree
[videorecording (DVD)] / a film by
Gordon
Parks
; based on his novel.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2011.
Call #:
DVD LEA Dra
Subjects
Teenagers, Black -- Drama.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
Series
Archive collection.
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Based on the novel by
Gordon
Parks
.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1969.
A selection of the National Film Registry, 1989.
This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.
Home use only.
Production:
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Inc. ; written for the screen, produced and directed by
Gordon
Parks
.
Performers:
Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans and Dana Elcar.
Summary:
"Remember that special growing-up year in your life? When you had your first real adventure, discovered love, faced an enemy, withstood the death of a loved one, stood up for a principle, backed a friend? Maybe, like Newt Winger's growing-up year, it was all of them. A personal triumph for director-producer-writer-composer
Gordon
Parks
(adapting his novel), The
Learning
Tree
traces one watershed year in the life of young Newt (Kyle Johnson), in which he learns about love, fear, violent racial injustice and, during an emotional murder trial, his own capacity for honor. 'Most important of all,'
Parks
said, 'he learns that hating is a waste of valuable energy.' Poignant, passionate and powerful, The
Learning
Tree
will make you smile, break your heart and heal your spirit."--Container.
Awards:
Named to the National Film Registry in 1989 by the Library of Congress.
Genre:
Coming-of-age films.
Period dramas.
Melodrama and tearjerker films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Parks
,
Gordon
,
1912-2006
.
Learning
tree
.
Parks
,
Gordon
,
1912-2006
.
Johnson, Kyle, 1951-
Clarke, Alex.
Davis, Marie Evans, 1930-
Elcar, Dana.
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Feature DVDs
DVD LEA Dra
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Adult Feature DVDs
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