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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

And the more you observe, the more you understandwhat's going on around you

And the more you observe, the more you understand
what's going on around you

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And the more you observe,
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the more you understand what's going on around you.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:14
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.
He would ride the trains and pick up the magazines, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:15
He would ride the trains and pick up the magazines,
He's teaching himself photography - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
He's teaching himself photography
That's how Gordon Parks started out, you know, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
That's how Gordon Parks started out, you know,
When Gordon Parks came along, he found value and interest - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
When Gordon Parks came along, he found value and interest
At a time and in a society - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:23
At a time and in a society
In January 1942, Parks receives word - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
In January 1942, Parks receives word
The purpose of the FSA was to resettle American farmers - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
The purpose of the FSA was to resettle American farmers
It set up a unit of photographers and filmmakers - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:11
It set up a unit of photographers and filmmakers
Many of the photographers who shot for - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
Many of the photographers who shot for
And so his idea is, "Let me go out there, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
And so his idea is, "Let me go out there,
He was the one who taught me - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
He was the one who taught me
Roy Stryker actually introduces Gordon Parks - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:25
Roy Stryker actually introduces Gordon Parks
Here is a woman - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
Here is a woman
Gordon Parks is one of my heroes. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:20
Gordon Parks is one of my heroes.
We have fought and died for this country. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
We have fought and died for this country.
We have loved this country, but the love has not been returned. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
We have loved this country, but the love has not been return...
Then I thought of Grant Wood and American Gothic. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Then I thought of Grant Wood and American Gothic.
I said, "Take this broom in one hand, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
I said, "Take this broom in one hand,
She's standing in front of the American flag... - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
She's standing in front of the American flag...
I made a very innocent, bold, outrageous statement. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
I made a very innocent, bold, outrageous statement.