---
title: 'The Learning Tree (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gordon Parks'
released: '1969-08-06'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-learning-tree-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064579/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Learning Tree (1969)

1969 · 107 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Learning Tree is a 1969 American coming-of-age film written, produced and directed by Gordon Parks, who also scored the film. It depicts the life of Newt Winger, a teenager growing up in Cherokee Flats, Kansas, in the 1920s and chronicles his journey into manhood marked with tragic events. Based on Parks' 1963 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, The Learning Tree was the first film directed by a Black filmmaker for a major American film studio, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gordon Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-parks)
- **Screenplay:** [Gordon Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-parks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gordon Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-parks)
- **Producer:** [Gordon Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-parks), [Jimmy Lydon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-lydon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Burnett Guffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/burnett-guffey)

## Cast

- [George Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-mitchell)
- [Malcolm Atterbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-atterbury)
- [Peggy Rea](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-rea)
- [Kevin Hagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-hagen)
- [Dub Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dub-taylor)
- [Jimmy Rushing](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-rushing)
- [Dana Elcar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-elcar)
- [Joel Fluellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-fluellen)
- [Don Dubbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-dubbins)
- [Estelle Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-evans)
- [Richard Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ward)
- [Hope Summers](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-summers)
- [Kyle Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-johnson)
- [Felix Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-nelson)
- [Russell Thorson](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-thorson)

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