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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Gordon's photographyforms a foundation for a visual narrativeof Black Americans seen...

Gordon's photography
forms a foundation for a visual narrative
of Black Americans seen through Black eyes

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Gordon's photography forms a foundation
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for a visual narrative of Black Americans
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seen through Black eyes.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:09
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.
If you look at it and date it, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:30
If you look at it and date it,
The hold of White supremacy - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
The hold of White supremacy
And it was when we started - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
And it was when we started
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,