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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Gordon, I couldn't put it downfrom the very first page, and of course, the obviousquestion...

Gordon, I couldn't put it down
from the very first page, and of course, the obvious
question comes first, is it autobiographical?

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Gordon, I couldn't put it down from the very first page,
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and of course, the obvious question comes first,
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is it autobiographical?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:35
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.
Well, that's often asked, uh, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
Well, that's often asked, uh,
LIFE magazine calls it "Fictional Autobiographical." - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
LIFE magazine calls it "Fictional Autobiographical.&quo...
At this point, Gordon's personal bearing - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
At this point, Gordon's personal bearing
Yes, I have an autobiographical book - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
Yes, I have an autobiographical book
I hope certainly, because you know it so much better, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
I hope certainly, because you know it so much better,
We hope to go right back to Kansas and shoot this there. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
We hope to go right back to Kansas and shoot this there.
I think he gravitated to film - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
I think he gravitated to film
Gordon was so interested - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
Gordon was so interested
So he broke tremendous ground with the film. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
So he broke tremendous ground with the film.
Each one should know exactly what they're coming to do, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Each one should know exactly what they're coming to do,
He demanded that Black crew members - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
He demanded that Black crew members
With The Learning Tree, they took - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
With The Learning Tree, they took
They could work together. They could live together. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
They could work together. They could live together.
He was not only able to direct the film, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
He was not only able to direct the film,
I wrote the screenplay, I directed it, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:30
I wrote the screenplay, I directed it,
The 15th and youngest child of a Kansas farmer, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
The 15th and youngest child of a Kansas farmer,
And now Gordon Parks has returned to the town - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:30
And now Gordon Parks has returned to the town
Times Square, panned on off the skyscrapers - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
Times Square, panned on off the skyscrapers
And there should be a driving savage beat, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
And there should be a driving savage beat,
-Mm-hmm. -What I heard you working on earlier - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
-Mm-hmm. -What I heard you working on earlier