The Education of Little Tree (1997)

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Directed by

Richard Friedenberg

Starring (View all)

James Cromwell
Granpa

Tantoo Cardinal
Granma

Joseph Ashton
Little Tree / Joshua

Mika Boorem
Little Girl

Christopher Heyerdahl
Pine Billy

Christopher Fennell
Wilburn

Graham Greene
Willow John

Leni Parker
Martha

Written by

Earl Hamner Jr.

Richard Friedenberg
(screenplay)

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Description: The film tells the story of a half-Cherokee orphan who eludes the clutches of his prim white aunt and is reared in the wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains by his grandparents. Granma (Tantoo Cardinal) is Cherokee; Granpa (James Cromwell) was ``born white, but learned to see through Cherokee eyes.'' In a series of vignettes that adds up to life's lessons, they teach Little Tree (Joseph Ashton) his school lessons, the poetry of nature and a lot of common sense. The film, set in the 1930s, of course sentimentalizes the wisdom of Native Americans--who, after decades in which they could do no right in the movies, now can do no ... (more)

Release date: 25 December 1997
UPC: 097363361442