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Narrative work is how Parks changed hearts and minds
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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Narrative work is how Parkschanged hearts and minds

Narrative work is how Parks
changed hearts and minds

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Narrative work is how Parks changed hearts and minds.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:45:29
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 can change laws, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
You can change laws,
And Parks understood early that he had a role to play - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
And Parks understood early that he had a role to play
You know, as a photographer for LIFE, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
You know, as a photographer for LIFE,
And in this very subtle way, this notion of - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
And in this very subtle way, this notion of
And so Parks's images really disrupted that. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
And so Parks's images really disrupted that.
If you had to see this Black family - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
If you had to see this Black family
Gordon Parks was often criticized - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
Gordon Parks was often criticized
He talks about how he was seen as often going in - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:23
He talks about how he was seen as often going in
And a great example of that was in 1963, when he was sent - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
And a great example of that was in 1963, when he was sent
Brother Malcolm is gonna escort you through - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
Brother Malcolm is gonna escort you through
In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:25
In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful,
I was surprised to see them training German Shepherd dogs. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:46
I was surprised to see them training German Shepherd dogs.
He had just reached the Los Angeles Airport. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
He had just reached the Los Angeles Airport.
He said, "Can you get out here?" - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:48
He said, "Can you get out here?"
It was very tense out there. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:19
It was very tense out there.
Malcolm and I really felt like brothers. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Malcolm and I really felt like brothers.
He was a gentle, sweet guy. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
He was a gentle, sweet guy.
Coming between Los Angeles and New York, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:11
Coming between Los Angeles and New York,
And I said, "Well, I have a lot of respect for you." - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
And I said, "Well, I have a lot of respect for you.&quo...
When we reached New York, I said, "You called me 'brother' - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
When we reached New York, I said, "You called me '...