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He can take
something that's so negative, but when you
first digest it and look at it, before you start
to unpack everything, it's like super warm, and it
just like blows you away. I think he was really good
at even things that might have been uncomfortable for, as a
Black person to capture but he has this thing where
the way he frames stuff, it draws you in, and it makes
you wanna have a conversation. There's an elegance.
Even, there's an elegance, even to his
depictions of evil, basically
something that's so negative, but when you
first digest it and look at it, before you start
to unpack everything, it's like super warm, and it
just like blows you away. I think he was really good
at even things that might have been uncomfortable for, as a
Black person to capture but he has this thing where
the way he frames stuff, it draws you in, and it makes
you wanna have a conversation. There's an elegance.
Even, there's an elegance, even to his
depictions of evil, basically
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He can take
something that's so negative,
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but when you
first digest it and look at it,
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before you start
to unpack everything,
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it's like super warm, and it
just like blows you away.
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I think he was really good
at even things
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that might have been
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uncomfortable for, as a
Black person to capture
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but he has this thing where
the way he frames stuff,
00:00:19.998 --> 00:00:22.167
it draws you in, and it makes
you wanna have a conversation.
00:00:24.542 --> 00:00:26.458
There's an elegance.
Even, there's an elegance,
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even to his
depictions of evil, basically.
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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.
