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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

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Duration
5 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:07
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.
He's super hood, super high, super dude, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
He's super hood, super high, super dude,
But after being kind of a source - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
But after being kind of a source
And eventually, the Black audience got tired - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
And eventually, the Black audience got tired
That whole wave of Black film, that Gordon helped create, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:26
That whole wave of Black film, that Gordon helped create,
You don't see him get entrée into that. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
You don't see him get entrée into that.
He really wanted to keep on being a director, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
He really wanted to keep on being a director,
No matter who you are, as an artist, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:11
No matter who you are, as an artist,
He was not a comfortable fit. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
He was not a comfortable fit.
Of course, Hollywood has changed from the late '60s, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
Of course, Hollywood has changed from the late '60s,
All the years that I knew Gordon, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
All the years that I knew Gordon,
the next project is what was important. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
the next project is what was important.
I want to compose more. I want to compose differently. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
I want to compose more. I want to compose differently.
I remember when I would stay with him, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:18
I remember when I would stay with him,
At 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
At 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start.
I met him at the Leica Gallery in the '90s. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
I met him at the Leica Gallery in the '90s.
You know, like maybe two hours earlier, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
You know, like maybe two hours earlier,
I was downstairs about to leave, and Gordon had come down. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:29
I was downstairs about to leave, and Gordon had come down.
I had friends who knew him, so I was able to be around him. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:16
I had friends who knew him, so I was able to be around him.
In the summer of 1998, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
In the summer of 1998,
But the big deal was, who was going to shoot it? - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
But the big deal was, who was going to shoot it?