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I wrote the screenplay,
I directed it, I wrote the music, and I produced it
for Warner Brothers. Parks is kind
of like the guy in the band who's gonna play
all the instruments. That would still be
a pretty uncommon thing to see one person do
all those things. But I also think it falls into
the same sort of paradox of his career, which is that in order to be
the first Black person
to do something, you have to be
this exceptional talent
I directed it, I wrote the music, and I produced it
for Warner Brothers. Parks is kind
of like the guy in the band who's gonna play
all the instruments. That would still be
a pretty uncommon thing to see one person do
all those things. But I also think it falls into
the same sort of paradox of his career, which is that in order to be
the first Black person
to do something, you have to be
this exceptional talent
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I wrote the screenplay,
I directed it,
00:00:04.042 --> 00:00:05.875
I wrote the music,
00:00:05.957 --> 00:00:08.332
and I produced it
for Warner Brothers.
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Parks is kind
of like the guy in the band
00:00:10.792 --> 00:00:12.457
who's gonna play
all the instruments.
00:00:12.542 --> 00:00:16.917
That would still be
a pretty uncommon thing
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:19.332
to see one person do
all those things.
00:00:19.417 --> 00:00:22.075
But I also think it falls into
the same sort of paradox
00:00:23.333 --> 00:00:25.208
of his career,
00:00:25.292 --> 00:00:28.998
which is that in order to be
the first Black person
to do something,
00:00:28.167 --> 00:00:30.417
you have to be
this exceptional talent.
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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.
