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Sunday, December 19, 2021

DVD & Blu-ray: THE LEARNING TREE (1969) - Criterion Collection

DVD & Blu-ray: THE LEARNING TREE (1969) - Criterion Collection

Product Description: A bittersweet coming-of-age story from renowned photographer turned filmmaker Gordon Parks—the first Black American director to make a Hollywood studio film With this tender and clear-eyed coming-of-age odyssey, the renowned photographer turned filmmaker Gordon Parks not only became the first Black American director to make a Hollywood studio film, he also served as writer, producer, and composer, resulting in a deeply personal artistic achievement.

Based on Parks’s own semi-autobiographical novel, The Learning Tree follows the journey of Newt Winger (Kyle Johnson), 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.

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Director: Gordon Parks

Starring: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 107 min

Rating: PG

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: December 14, 2021




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VIDEO

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  • Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  • Resolution: 1080p
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Region: Region A/1

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  • Blu-ray: None

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  • Blu-ray: LPCM Mono


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Blu-ray: English SDH



SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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  • New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • New documentary on the making of the film, featuring artist and critic Ina Diane Archer, curator Rhea L. Combs, and filmmakers Ernest R. Dickerson and Nelson George
  • New conversation, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie, between artist Hank Willis Thomas and art historian Deborah Willis about the influence of director Gordon Parks
  • My Father: Gordon Parks (1969), a documentary made on the set of The Learning Tree, narrated by Gordon Parks Jr., and featuring interviews with Gordon Parks Sr. and members of the cast and crew
  • Diary of a Harlem Family and The World of Piri Thomas, two 1968 films on which Parks played creative roles, with a new introduction by Combs
  • Unstoppable (2005), a documentary featuring producer Warrington Hudlin in conversation with Parks and filmmakers Ossie Davis and Melvin Van Peebles
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: “How It Feels to Be Black,” a 1963 Life magazine photo-essay by Parks, and an excerpt from the director’s 2005 book A Hungry Heart: A Memoir


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The Learning Tree The Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray

The Learning Tree The Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray

The Learning Tree The Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray

The Learning Tree The Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray







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