The Learning Tree

(1969) dir Gordon Parks w/Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Mira Waters, Joel Fluellen, Malcolm Atterbury [107 min; 35mm]

Acclaimed African-American photographer Gordon Parks wrote and directed (and also produced and wrote music for) this adaptation of his own semi-autobiographical novel about growing up black in Kansas. The success of the film led to Parks taking up a career in Hollywood where he helped to create the blaxploitation genre with his hit Shaft in 1971.

A "Double Feature" ticket additionally allows admission into the 4:30 PM screening of CROOKLYN. No additional purchase is necessary.