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Felix Nelson
August 13, 1913 · 112 years old
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The Learning Tree
1969 · 1h 47m · Movie
A bittersweet, idyllic 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.
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My Father: Gordon Parks
1969 · 27m · Movie
A documentary portrait of poet, novelist, photographer, and composer Gordon Parks on the set of his first film, The Learning Tree (1969): the first major studio film directed and produced by an African American.