Gordon Parks as Director | The Learning Tree

Production crew, including Director Gordon Parks, wearing blue jeans in the center of the photograph, and actor Malcolm Atterbury (Silas Newhall) standing beside a production truck.

Malcolm Attebury and actors with Gordon Parks in front of production truck

Director Gordon Parks, standing in the center of the photograph wearing a red ascot and blue jeans, speaks to his eldest son, Gordon Parks Junior, in front of production truck.

Director Gordon Parks speaking with Gordon Parks Junior in front of truck

Director Gordon Parks stands alongside actor Dana Elcar (Kirky) who is seated on a motorcycle in front of production crew and equipment.

Director Gordon Parks next to actor Dana Elcar who is on a motorcycle

Director Gordon Parks in front of cast and crew members.

Director Gordon Parks next to videocamera

Director Gordon Parks, right, and two production crew members filming from above by the Phillips 66 gas station.

Director Gordon Parks and two Learning Tree crew members filming above street

Actors Dana Elcar (Kirky) and Kyle Johnson (Newt Winger) consult book with a crew member with production crew and cast around them. Director Gordon Parks standing behind them in red ascot in front of hearse. Photograph location in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas.

Actors Dana Elcar and Kyle Johnson talking to crew member; Gordon Parks standing by hearse

Director Gordon Parks, center and facing away from the photographer, with production crew and camera.

Director Gordon Parks with Learning Tree crew member in front of camera

Director Gordon Parks and actress Carol Lamond (Big Mabel) standing in graveyard used for Sarah Winger funeral scene.

Director Gordon Parks and actress Carol Lamond standing in graveyard

Director Gordon Parks giving direction in megaphone while filming from above.

Director Gordon Parks giving directions through a megaphone behind camera

Director Gordon Parks looking through a camera with production crew around him in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas.

Director Gordon Parks looking through a videocamera

Director Gordon Parks in front with cast and crew members and production equipment behind him.

Director Gordon Parks in front of Learning Tree cast, crew, and production equipment

Director Gordon Parks with crew members filming from above while holding a megaphone.

Director Gordon Parks with Learning Tree crew members filming from above in downtown Fort Scott