gordon parks learning tree (2 Ergebnisse)

[African American Film] The Learning Tree Archive of 8 original vintage Silver Gelatin Photos used as Lobby Cards in movie theaters. Warner Bros. 1969. All measure about 8" x 10" in black and white. The Learning Tree was the first feature film by an African American director to be financed by a major Hollywood studio, Warner Bros. Director Gordon Parks, making his film debut, also wrote and produced the visually stunning and bittersweet, coming-of-age story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality. The Kansas location sets The Learning Tree apart from many African Americanthemed films, which often take place in the South. No film before had so honored the legacy of the Exodusters, the tens of thousands of African Americans who, in the late nineteenth century, moved west of the Mississippi River, primarily to Kansasamong them Parks's ancestors. Archive features stills from the movie including from the courtroom drama sequence, from behind the prison bars, and of the picturesque Kansas locations including a young Kyle Johnson in the fields, with a piece of grass resting in his mouth. Star Kyle Johnson is featured in several photos as well as Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans and Mira Waters. All have the title of the film, production credits, and Warner Bros. copyright in the lower white margin. Prior to being one of the most prominent black directors, Parks was a photographer who photographed the Tuskegee Airmen and other street photography in Chicago. He earned major recognition for documenting Harlem for Life Magazine. Archive is in very good condition.

[African American Film] One of the first feature films by a Black director financed by a major Hollywood studio, The Learning Tree. Archive of 8 original vintage Lobby Cards. Warner Bros. 1969. All measure about 11" x 14", all are in color. The Learning Tree was the first feature film by an African American director to be financed by a major Hollywood studio, Warner Bros. Director Gordon Parks, making his film debut, also wrote and produced the visually stunning and bittersweet, coming-of-age story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality. The Kansas location sets The Learning Tree apart from many African Americanthemed films, which often take place in the South. No film before had so honored the legacy of the Exodusters, the tens of thousands of African Americans who, in the late nineteenth century, moved west of the Mississippi River, primarily to Kansasamong them Parks's ancestors. The film is based on his autobiographical novel. Star Kyle Johnson is featured in several lobby card images as well as Carole Lamond and Estelle Evans. Many focus on the courtroom drama scenes, while others show the carnival scenes and boxing match. Another features the young cast in a Kansas field all wearing jeans and overalls. All have the film title, production credits, and Warner Bros. copyright in the lower section. All are labeled 69/255 in the lower right hand white margin. Images are clear with no wear from age. Archive is in very good condition.