Cinematic background from The Learning Tree 1969 - The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.

The Learning Tree

1969

Drama

Directors:
Gordon Parks
Writers:
Genevieve Young, Gordon Parks
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Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man with blue eyes stares into the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man with a black eye and a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A couple of people that are sitting next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man wearing a black and white striped shirt and a black hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people sitting at a table in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A crowd of people watching two men boxing in a boxing ring; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A young man in a blue shirt looks to his left; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older woman wearing a black hat and a black veil; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man standing next to another man in front of an old barn; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man and a boy sitting on a chair in a living room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a red shirt is looking at a woman in a blue dress; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people in a body of water; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An old car parked on the side of the street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people sitting around a table; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man sweeping the floor of a bedroom; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man sitting in front of a window looking off to the side; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older woman wearing a brown cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An old man sitting at a table with a gavel in front of him; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a blue shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a blue shirt is looking to his left; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A young man standing next to an older woman in front of a building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A person wearing round sunglasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men wearing hats and one is holding a glass of water; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a police uniform with a bandage on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A young man in a blue shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men in suits and ties in front of a judge in a courtroom; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a black robe and a man in a white shirt and a man in a black robe and a man in a white shirt and a; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man standing next to a man sitting on a bench; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men in a room one of which is holding his hand up to the other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man and a woman sitting next to each other in front of trees; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men are standing next to a tree; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a jail cell with his eyes closed; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men sitting at a table with plates of food in front of them; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A person wearing a red shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men in suits and ties in front of a judge; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a brown shirt is talking to another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man in a striped shirt is smiling; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man standing next to a horse in a barn; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a jail cell looking through the bars; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two people on horseback riding in the sunset; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man is looking into the distance; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of men standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men in suits sitting in front of a group of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a suit and a hat standing next to another man in a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man sitting in front of a window looking off to the side; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of men sitting next to each other in the woods; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man wearing a suit and tie standing in a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people sitting around a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two young men are standing next to each other and laughing; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of children sitting at a table eating food; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older woman wearing a hat and a dress; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man claps his hands while standing in front of other men; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man and a woman walking through a park; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man wearing a striped shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man is touching another man's face; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An old man in a boat in the water; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a white shirt is standing in front of some bushes; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men wearing hats are looking at peanuts; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men face each other in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people standing around a table in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people standing next to each other in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two young men sitting on the ground next to a tree; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A person with his eyes wide open crying; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men standing next to each other in front of a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older woman and a young man are talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two older men wearing hats looking at each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people in a body of water near trees; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man sitting on a chair in a living room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man wearing a priest's outfit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A young man is standing in front of a crowd of people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A young boy and a young girl holding hands in a field; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A black man in a white dress shirt and a tie smiling; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man lighting a cigarette at a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of young men standing next to each other in a park; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man is looking at a card in a store; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A young man standing in front of an open air market; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man wearing a suit and tie sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of cars driving down a dirt road near barbed wire fence; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A person wearing a shirt with blue eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people sitting next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people sitting around a table eating food; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man and a young man in a room with flowers; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man and a woman standing next to each other in a field; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – An older man wearing round sunglasses and a neck tie adjusts his neck tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man walking through a field with a tree in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A young man in a suit and tie looking to his left; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two men are sitting in front of a judge in a courtroom; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a suit and round sunglasses is in a crowd of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a suit and hat talking to another man in a suit and hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man standing in a barn looking out the door; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A group of people sitting in front of a judge; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A crucifixion statue and two framed pictures; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man sitting in front of a couch with a bouquet of flowers; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two people are standing on the railroad tracks; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – Two young boys are sitting in front of a red curtain; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Learning Tree” (1969), directed by Gordon Parks – A man in a brown hat is smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle