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

Belgian title: Les sentiers de la colère. Brussels: Warner Brothers, [1969]. Vintage original 17 1/2 x 21 1/2″ (44 x 55 cm) poster. Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, dir: Gordon Parks; Warner Brothers. Folded as issued, very good+. Poster has art by Raymond Elseviers not seen in any other promotional pieces.

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.