Split cherry tree

Based on a short story by Jesse Stuart about the son of a poor uneducated farming couple who must stay after school to work off a debt incurred by breaking a cherry tree during a biology excursion. This angers and humiliates his father, who sets off for school to teach “that modern professor” a lesson. Instead it is he who learns a lesson: education is important, and his son deserves a chance for a better life. Cast includes Colleen Dewhurst and Will Newman.

Credits

production company

Learning Corporation of America

producer

Jan Saunders

director

Andrei Konchalovsky

Duration

00:25:35:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015968

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Parent participation

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1982

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