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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

He really does havethat internally solid perseverance kind ofquality to him

He really does have
that internally solid perseverance kind of
quality to him

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He really does have that internally solid
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perseverance kind of quality to him.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:29
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.
I've tried to use the camera - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:22
I've tried to use the camera
In 1956, LIFE sent Gordon to Alabama - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:11
In 1956, LIFE sent Gordon to Alabama
Dispatches coming out of the south - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Dispatches coming out of the south
In 1955, just months before - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:28
In 1955, just months before
His mother Mamie allowed Jet magazine to publish - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
His mother Mamie allowed Jet magazine to publish
I was eight years old when Emmett Till was murdered - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
I was eight years old when Emmett Till was murdered
That photograph was really evidence - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
That photograph was really evidence
Gordon liked to embody whatever subject - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
Gordon liked to embody whatever subject
Because he knew that the readers of LIFE magazine - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
Because he knew that the readers of LIFE magazine
At that time, a searing photo essay in the pages of LIFE - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
At that time, a searing photo essay in the pages of LIFE
He wanted that color to implicate people seeing this, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
He wanted that color to implicate people seeing this,
That's not what you see - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:21
That's not what you see
He can take something that's so negative, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:29
He can take something that's so negative,
It's her dress that does it for me - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
It's her dress that does it for me
Mrs. Joanne Wilson was walking with her young niece - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:20
Mrs. Joanne Wilson was walking with her young niece
I wasn't going to take my niece - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:20
I wasn't going to take my niece
When I looked at the photograph, I realized that - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:38
When I looked at the photograph, I realized that
Gordon Parks's photography demanded - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:15
Gordon Parks's photography demanded
It makes the viewer engage deeply in the subject. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:25
It makes the viewer engage deeply in the subject.
One of the things about Mr. Parks - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
One of the things about Mr. Parks