| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 DVDs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (37 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome |
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color |
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stamping |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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sound |
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stereo |
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5.1 Dolby Digital |
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wide screen |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
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Motion pictures |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1107
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Criterion collection ; 1107.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC region 1; wide screen 2.35:1 aspect ratio; monaural Dolby audio. |
| Cast |
Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, George R. Rohrs ; music, Gordon Parks. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
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Wide screen (2.35:1). |
| Summary |
Based on Parks' semi-autobiographical novel, the film follows the journey of Newt Winger, a teenage descendant of Exodusters growing up in rural Kansas in the 1920s, as he experiences the bittersweet flowering of first love, finds his relationship with a close friend tested, and navigates the injustices embedded within a racist legal and educational system. Exquisitely capturing the bucolic splendor of its heartland setting, this landmark film tempers nostalgia with an incisive understanding of the harsh realities, hard-won lessons, and often wrenching moral choices that shape the road to self-determination of the young Black man at its center. |
| Note |
Special features: New documentary on the making of the film; New conversation, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie; My father: Gordon Parks, a documentary made on the set of The learning tree; Diary of a Harlem family and The world of Piri Thomas; Unstoppable (2005): a documentary; trailer; How it feels to be black; excerpt from the director's 2005 book, A hungry heart: a memoir. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
African American families -- Kansas -- Drama.
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African American families. |
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Kansas. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Kansas -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Murder -- Drama.
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Murder. |
| Genre/Form |
Coming-of-age films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, film director, screenwriter, film producer, composer (expression)
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Guffey, Burnett, director of photography.
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Rohrs, George R., film editor.
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Johnson, Kyle, 1951- actor.
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Clarke, Alex, 1949-2010, actor.
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Evans, Estelle, 1906-1985, actor.
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Film adaptation of (work): Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
Learning tree.
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Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Learning tree (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014085695
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| ISBN |
9781681439013 |
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1681439018 |
| Standard No. |
715515267014 |
| Music No. |
CC3319DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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