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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Here is a woman who in some waysis the backbone of America... yet she is standingin front...

Here is a woman who in some ways
is the backbone of America... yet she is standing
in front of a flag, in front of an America
that didn't believe in her

Full Transcript

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Here is a woman
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who in some ways is the backbone of America...
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yet she is standing in front of a flag,
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in front of an America that didn't believe in her.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:26
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.
Gordon Parks is one of my heroes. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:20
Gordon Parks is one of my heroes.
We have fought and died for this country. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
We have fought and died for this country.
We have loved this country, but the love has not been returned. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
We have loved this country, but the love has not been return...
Then I thought of Grant Wood and American Gothic. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Then I thought of Grant Wood and American Gothic.
I said, "Take this broom in one hand, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
I said, "Take this broom in one hand,
She's standing in front of the American flag... - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
She's standing in front of the American flag...
I made a very innocent, bold, outrageous statement. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
I made a very innocent, bold, outrageous statement.
You know, it reminds me of the Malcolm X quote, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
You know, it reminds me of the Malcolm X quote,
Parks continues to photograph Ella Watson. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 01:01
Parks continues to photograph Ella Watson.
This is his way of holding on to me, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
This is his way of holding on to me,
He says, "I got you now, can't go nowhere." - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
He says, "I got you now, can't go nowhere."
When I read Gordon's autobiography, A Choice of Weapons, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:37
When I read Gordon's autobiography, A Choice of Weapons...
I found the ability to cope and move forward through art. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
I found the ability to cope and move forward through art.
Those photographs are what enabled me - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
Those photographs are what enabled me
In 2016, I was commissioned by ELLE magazine - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:57
In 2016, I was commissioned by ELLE magazine
It couldn't have been more than a week - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:44
It couldn't have been more than a week
This is the one that I was seeing that was a baby? - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
This is the one that I was seeing that was a baby?
When I started doing karate moves, like to practice, he thinks he can do it, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
When I started doing karate moves, like to practice, he thin...
So I returned to Mississippi - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:22
So I returned to Mississippi
- Thank you. - Amen. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
- Thank you. - Amen.