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Muhammad Ali began as a reluctant assignment
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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Muhammad Ali beganas a reluctant assignment. I mean, Parks wasn't quite surewho Muhammad...

Muhammad Ali began
as a reluctant assignment. I mean, Parks wasn't quite sure
who Muhammad Ali was, his conversion to Islam. The fact that he
sort of transformed from Cassius Clay into a much more
radical political figure

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Muhammad Ali began as a reluctant assignment.
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I mean, Parks wasn't quite sure who Muhammad Ali was,
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his conversion to Islam.
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The fact that he sort of transformed from
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Cassius Clay into a much more radical political figure.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:57
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 just don't understand yet how I can be reclassified as 1-A - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
I just don't understand yet how I can be reclassified a...
In other words, you think they called you - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
In other words, you think they called you
Ever since I've joined the Muslim religion, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
Ever since I've joined the Muslim religion,
At the time that Muhammad Ali was opposing the Vietnamese War, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
At the time that Muhammad Ali was opposing the Vietnamese Wa...
He really surprised people when he said that - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
He really surprised people when he said that
That crystalized it for all Black Americans. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
That crystalized it for all Black Americans.
When Parks began to speak with Ali - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
When Parks began to speak with Ali
In Gordon Parks's understanding - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:36
In Gordon Parks's understanding
And was also trying to say, "If you can see me, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
And was also trying to say, "If you can see me,
I wish I was there to see, like, how he really shot. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
I wish I was there to see, like, how he really shot.
Even the action moments, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
Even the action moments,
Those things that I emulate in my own photography - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Those things that I emulate in my own photography
When I was starting, I just was always worrying about, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
When I was starting, I just was always worrying about,
But sometimes, some of the most imperfect pictures - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
But sometimes, some of the most imperfect pictures
This image is just, like, one of my favorite pictures of Ali. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
This image is just, like, one of my favorite pictures of Ali...
He really captured Ali at every moment. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
He really captured Ali at every moment.
Many of us know Muhammad Ali as this loudmouthed boxer, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
Many of us know Muhammad Ali as this loudmouthed boxer,
Even though an image is quick, it's quick, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
Even though an image is quick, it's quick,
But you... if you can see it in their eyes, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
But you... if you can see it in their eyes,
Muhammad Ali and Gordon, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
Muhammad Ali and Gordon,