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Richard Roundtree was like this swaggering figure
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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Richard Roundtree was likethis swaggering figure. As they called him back then,the "Black...

Richard Roundtree was like
this swaggering figure. As they called him back then,
the "Black James Bond." I thought we were gonna get to

Full Transcript

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Richard Roundtree was like this swaggering figure.
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As they called him back then, the "Black James Bond."
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I thought we were gonna get to.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:32
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.
I just said, "Up yours, baby." - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
I just said, "Up yours, baby."
Don't get wise with me, Shaft. I'll put your goddamn ass in. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Don't get wise with me, Shaft. I'll put your godda...
When Shaft interacts with the police, he talks to them - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
When Shaft interacts with the police, he talks to them
He talked the way he wanted to talk to whoever he wanted to, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
He talked the way he wanted to talk to whoever he wanted to...
You were seeing that in the streets. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
You were seeing that in the streets.
Shaft was the movie that kind of mainstreamed - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Shaft was the movie that kind of mainstreamed
John Shaft represented Black manhood. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
John Shaft represented Black manhood.
She thought it was a little too risqué for her baby. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
She thought it was a little too risqué for her baby.
I saw it on 42nd Street. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
I saw it on 42nd Street.
That motherfuckin' theater was jam packed. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
That motherfuckin' theater was jam packed.
And Black folks were going berserk. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
And Black folks were going berserk.
It's like, we ain't never seen no shit like this before. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
It's like, we ain't never seen no shit like this b...
We loved it! Because on the screen - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
We loved it! Because on the screen
He has a place in the Village, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
He has a place in the Village,
He has a relationship with the police and the authorities, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
He has a relationship with the police and the authorities,
And be sure, after you hit him over the head with the bottle, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
And be sure, after you hit him over the head with the bottle...
Gordon introduced me to Morty Sills, his tailor. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
Gordon introduced me to Morty Sills, his tailor.
He says, um, "He will put it all together for you." - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:17
He says, um, "He will put it all together for you."...
No mistakes, because this is the type - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
No mistakes, because this is the type
The swaggering guy - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
The swaggering guy