Flint Memorial Library (North Reading)

The learning tree., Warner Bros.-Seven Arts presents ; a film by Gordon Parks ; written for the screen, produced and directed by Gordon Parks, Blu-ray/Widescreen

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969Based on the novel by Gordon ParksWide screen (2.35:1 aspect ratio)Title and credits from screenAccompanied by 37 page booklet with photo-essay and excerpt from director's bookSpecial features: My father: Gordon Parks (1968 documentary made on the set of The learning tree, narrated by Gordon Parks Jr., and featuring interviews with Gordon Park Sr. and members of the cast and crew); Revisiting The learning tree (2021 documentary on the making of the film and its artistry, featuring curator Rhea L. Combos and filmmakers Ina Diane Archer, Ernest R. Dickerson, and Nelson George); Gordon Parks; artist & activist (2021 conversation, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie between artist Hank Willis Thomas and art historian Deborah Willis); The moviemakers (featurette that shows Gordon Park on location for The learning tree);Two 1968 documentaries (Diary of a Harlem family and The world of Piri Thomas), with a video introduction featuring Rhea L. Combs and Nelson George; trailer -- in booklet: How it feels to be Black (1963 Life magazine photo-essay by Gordon Parks); excerpt from the director's 2005 book, A hungry heart: a memoir

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Midwest Tape

multicolored

monaural

Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, George R. Rohrs ; music, Gordon Parks

other

Blu-ray special edition.

9780168143900

videodisc

Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Mira Waters, Joel Fluellen, Malcolm Atterbury, Richard Ward, Russell Thorson, Peggy Rea

1 videodisc (107 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (37 pages ; color illustrations ; 17 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1277081326

Blu-ray, region A; LPCM monaural; requires Blu-ray player

715515266918

CC3318BD -- The Criterion Collection

Blu-ray disc