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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

"Gordon Parks'spersonal history includes a Kansas Farm,a Minneapolis brothel, a flophouse...

"Gordon Parks's
personal history includes a Kansas Farm,
a Minneapolis brothel, a flophouse in Chicago,
a St. Paul jail

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"Gordon Parks's personal history includes
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a Kansas Farm, a Minneapolis brothel,
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a flophouse in Chicago, a St. Paul jail.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:26
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.
The story of one American who overcame loneliness, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
The story of one American who overcame loneliness,
By this point, he's a larger-than-life figure. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
By this point, he's a larger-than-life figure.
Your pictures of the story of the little boy... - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
Your pictures of the story of the little boy...
Gordon was asked to make an effective photo essay - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
Gordon was asked to make an effective photo essay
Oh, you got so, you called him "Flav." - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:22
Oh, you got so, you called him "Flav."
Those photographs would not just - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
Those photographs would not just
Gordon actually took Flavio - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
Gordon actually took Flavio
Have you heard from him since? - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
Have you heard from him since?
People, many of you possibly out there, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:24
People, many of you possibly out there,
Will you welcome please, Mr. Gordon Parks. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Will you welcome please, Mr. Gordon Parks.
I think there's an interesting trade off - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
I think there's an interesting trade off
What, looking back, was the very first - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
What, looking back, was the very first
Well, the very first photographic story I covered for LIFE - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Well, the very first photographic story I covered for LIFE
He had previously been able to observe uninterrupted, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:29
He had previously been able to observe uninterrupted,
Gordon, I couldn't put it down from the very first page, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
Gordon, I couldn't put it down from the very first page...
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,