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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

He demandedthat Black crew members be around him. He really lifted as he climbed

He demanded
that Black crew members be around him. He really lifted as he climbed

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He demanded that Black crew members
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be around him.
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He really lifted as he climbed.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:03
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.
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
One, two, three, four. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
One, two, three, four.
How many detectives have we seen? - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
How many detectives have we seen?
Richard Roundtree was like this swaggering figure. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
Richard Roundtree was like this swaggering figure.
I just said, "Up yours, baby." - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
I just said, "Up yours, baby."
Don't get wise with me, Shaft. I'll put your goddamn ass in. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Don't get wise with me, Shaft. I'll put your godda...
When Shaft interacts with the police, he talks to them - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
When Shaft interacts with the police, he talks to them
He talked the way he wanted to talk to whoever he wanted to, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
He talked the way he wanted to talk to whoever he wanted to...
You were seeing that in the streets. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
You were seeing that in the streets.
Shaft was the movie that kind of mainstreamed - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Shaft was the movie that kind of mainstreamed
John Shaft represented Black manhood. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
John Shaft represented Black manhood.
She thought it was a little too risqué for her baby. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
She thought it was a little too risqué for her baby.