At the Chazen: African-American Pioneers
The Learning Tree | USA | 1969 | 35mm | 107 min. Director: Gordon Parks
Event Details
Date
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Time
7 p.m.
Location
Description
Cast: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans
Famed photographer Parks became the first African-American to direct a feature film for a major Hollywood studio (Warner Bros) with this adaptation of Parks’ own semi-autobiographical novel. The film depicts the coming-of-age of teenaged Newt Winger (Johnson) in rural Kansas of the 1920s.
Presented in partnership with Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries
Famed photographer Parks became the first African-American to direct a feature film for a major Hollywood studio (Warner Bros) with this adaptation of Parks’ own semi-autobiographical novel. The film depicts the coming-of-age of teenaged Newt Winger (Johnson) in rural Kansas of the 1920s.
Presented in partnership with Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries
Cost
Free
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