{"product_id":"copy-of-learning-tree-the-blu-ray","title":"Learning Tree, The (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWith this tender and clear-eyed coming-of-age odyssey, the renowned photographer turned filmmaker GORDON PARKS (Shaft) 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 (Mod Squad’s 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 selfdetermination of the young Black man at its center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Unstoppable (2005), a documentary featuring producer Warrington Hudlin in conversation with Parks and filmmakers Ossie Davis and Melvin Van Peebles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Trailer • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1969 • 107 MINUTES • COLOR • MONAURAL • 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40957728817352,"sku":"CC3319DDVD","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/LEARNINGTREE_dfbb2562-305b-44ca-9d37-a116c4c5dea9.jpg?v=1631909437","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/copy-of-learning-tree-the-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}