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I made a very innocent, bold, outrageous statement
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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

I made a very innocent,bold, outrageous statement

I made a very innocent,
bold, outrageous statement

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I made a very innocent, bold, outrageous statement.
Duration
5 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:49
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Kunhardt Films

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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.
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.
And so it was a tumultuous time to enter into Shea's life, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
And so it was a tumultuous time to enter into Shea's l...
I get to know the person that is the main subject of the work, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:42
I get to know the person that is the main subject of the wor...
I did a story on the need of psychiatric treatment in Harlem. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
I did a story on the need of psychiatric treatment in Harlem...
Ellison actually writes a manifesto - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:19
Ellison actually writes a manifesto
This idea that photographs can transcend what is just being depicted. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:15
This idea that photographs can transcend what is just being ...
Images that psychologically impact the viewer. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:18
Images that psychologically impact the viewer.
Later in 1952, Parks approaches Ralph Ellison. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:20
Later in 1952, Parks approaches Ralph Ellison.