Marcus en Newt zijn twee jonge zwarte Amerikanen, die staan te popelen om een relatie te beginnen. Helaas krijgen ze voortdurend tegenwind, en hun relatie lijkt door het politieke en racistische klimaat van de tijd bijna onmogelijk. Gelukkig hebben de twee een geheime ontmoetingsplaats...
Nee, helaas is The Learning Tree nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Gordon Parks | Director |
| Writing | Genevieve Young | Story Consultant |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | George Hause | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Robert J. Miller | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Gordon Parks | Novel |
| Writing | Gordon Parks | Screenplay |
| Production | Jimmy Lydon | Associate Producer |
| Production | Gordon Parks | Producer |
| Sound | Gordon Parks | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | George R. Rohrs | Editor |
| Art | Edward D. Engoron | Production Design |
| Art | Joanne MacDougall | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wayne Reed | Costumer |
| Production | William Conrad | Executive Producer |
| Art | Edward D. Engoron | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Burt Reilly | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Searcy | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Jack Aldworth | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fred Giles | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alfred Cline | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Gordon Parks Jr. | Assistant Camera |
