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I might have turned eventually to the gun or the knife
as a weapon to survive, but by then
I had chosen the camera. Photography was the way in which
I could express my own feelings about racism in America, about the downtrodden. And somehow or another, I might transcend my own experience. I live off of my emotions,
perhaps, you know. And so I had
turned those emotions into some mercenary thing,
by which I could survive
as a weapon to survive, but by then
I had chosen the camera. Photography was the way in which
I could express my own feelings about racism in America, about the downtrodden. And somehow or another, I might transcend my own experience. I live off of my emotions,
perhaps, you know. And so I had
turned those emotions into some mercenary thing,
by which I could survive
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I might have turned eventually
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to the gun or the knife
as a weapon to survive,
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but by then
I had chosen the camera.
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Photography was the way in which
I could express my own feelings
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about racism in America,
00:00:19.125 --> 00:00:21.005
about the downtrodden.
00:00:21.583 --> 00:00:23.417
And somehow or another, I might
00:00:23.005 --> 00:00:25.458
transcend my own experience.
00:00:28.025 --> 00:00:31.625
I live off of my emotions,
perhaps, you know.
00:00:31.708 --> 00:00:34.125
And so I had
turned those emotions
00:00:34.208 --> 00:00:39.998
into some mercenary thing,
by which I could survive.
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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.
