LEARNING TREE, THE [LES SENTIERS DE LA COLÈRE] (1969) Belgian poster

Gordon Parks (screenwriter, director) Vintage original 17.5 x 21.5″ (44 x 55 cm.) poster, Belgium. Brussels: Warner Brothers, [1969]. Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, dir: Gordon Parks; Warner Brothers. Folded (as issued), very good+.

The Learning Tree was the first movie directed by an African American that was financed and distributed by a major studio. It was Gordon Parks’ first feature film, and adapted from his novel of the same name, an autobiographical work about a black teenager growing up in Depression-era Kansas.

Poster has art by Raymond Elseviers not seen in any other promotional pieces.