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WAM Nights: Screening of Gordon Parks’ The Learning Tree (1969) | Rated PG
July 11, 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
“Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art, Featured Event, FREE Event, Exhibitions, WAM Nights
Cost: Free and open to the public
About this Event
WAM Nights: Screening of Gordon Parks’ The Learning Tree (1969) | Rated PG
Howard E. Wooden Auditorium
The Learning Tree was the first film commissioned by a major Hollywood studio and directed by a Black American. Based on Parks’ semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, it tells the story of a Black teenager descended from Exodusters coming of age in rural Kansas. Parks—a polyglot of the arts—wrote, directed, and produced the film, and he composed its score.
Free and open to the public. Cash bar.
About WAM Nights: We’re open late on Fridays until 9 pm! Get your weekend started with after-hours access to the galleries and shopping in the Museum Store. WAM Nights include programs with artists, musicians, and performers–don’t miss your chance to see the art at WAM in a new way! The museum comes to life with local creatives during WAM Nights!
