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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Have you heardfrom him since? Well, yes,I brought him to America, uh

Have you heard
from him since? Well, yes,
I brought him to America, uh

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Have you heard from him since?
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Well, yes, I brought him to America, uh.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:03
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.
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,
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.