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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

And it was when we started to see the imagesthat lifted us up, that made us feelthat we...

And it was when we started to see the images
that lifted us up, that made us feel
that we were worthy, that we began
to really demand justice

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And it was when we started
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to see the images that lifted us up,
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that made us feel that we were worthy,
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that we began to really demand justice.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:03
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Kunhardt Films

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Movie Summary

Follows Gordon Parks' stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing everyday Americans, through his evolution as a novelist and groundbreaking filmmaker.
And so Gordon Parks was a warrior for justice. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
And so Gordon Parks was a warrior for justice.
Muhammad means worthy of all praises, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
Muhammad means worthy of all praises,
Yes, sir, my leader and teacher, the most honorable Elijah Muhammad. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Yes, sir, my leader and teacher, the most honorable Elijah M...
Muhammad Ali began as a reluctant assignment. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:15
Muhammad Ali began as a reluctant assignment.
I just don't understand yet how I can be reclassified as 1-A - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
I just don't understand yet how I can be reclassified a...
In other words, you think they called you - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
In other words, you think they called you
Ever since I've joined the Muslim religion, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
Ever since I've joined the Muslim religion,
At the time that Muhammad Ali was opposing the Vietnamese War, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
At the time that Muhammad Ali was opposing the Vietnamese Wa...
He really surprised people when he said that - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
He really surprised people when he said that
That crystalized it for all Black Americans. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
That crystalized it for all Black Americans.
When Parks began to speak with Ali - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
When Parks began to speak with Ali
In Gordon Parks's understanding - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:36
In Gordon Parks's understanding
And was also trying to say, "If you can see me, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
And was also trying to say, "If you can see me,
I wish I was there to see, like, how he really shot. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
I wish I was there to see, like, how he really shot.
Even the action moments, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
Even the action moments,
Those things that I emulate in my own photography - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Those things that I emulate in my own photography
When I was starting, I just was always worrying about, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
When I was starting, I just was always worrying about,
But sometimes, some of the most imperfect pictures - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
But sometimes, some of the most imperfect pictures
This image is just, like, one of my favorite pictures of Ali. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
This image is just, like, one of my favorite pictures of Ali...
He really captured Ali at every moment. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
He really captured Ali at every moment.