2019-2020 HBW staff members Back row L-R:  Dr. Ayesha Hardison, Hamza Rehman, Dr. Maryemma Graham Arnab Chakraborty, Jade Harrison. Front row L-R: Sarah Arbuthnot Lendt, Nyla Wansley, DeAsia Sutgrey, Victoria Garcia Unzeuta, and Mona Ahmed.

 

Cast members from The Learning Tree receive the Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons Award at the 2019 Gordon Parks Festival in Ft. Scott, October 3-5.  Last year’s annual celebration marked the film’s 50th anniversary. L-R:  Dr. Maryemma Graham, Kirk Sharp (Director, Gordon Parks Museum), Karole Graham (“Big Mable”), S. Pearl Sharpe (“Prissy”), and author, photographer, and filmmaker, David Parks (son of Gordon Parks).