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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

The next projectis what was important. How was this goingto affect the future?

the next project
is what was important. How was this going
to affect the future?

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the next project is what was important.
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How was this going to affect the future?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:49
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 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?
And him doing that photo made the photo really important. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
And him doing that photo made the photo really important.
Connecting the generations - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
Connecting the generations
I came out to do my part, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
I came out to do my part,
A wide range of artists all say part of the reason - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
A wide range of artists all say part of the reason
Hip-hop was not the number one pop culture in '98. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
Hip-hop was not the number one pop culture in '98.
I think he was really touched by that. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
I think he was really touched by that.
I mean, I was right behind him and I'm, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
I mean, I was right behind him and I'm,
So wrap your arm around, and don't be stiff. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
So wrap your arm around, and don't be stiff.
What Gordon Parks's legacy in life has showed me - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:15
What Gordon Parks's legacy in life has showed me
Oh, yeah. Look at those eyes. All right, Mr. Smiley. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
Oh, yeah. Look at those eyes. All right, Mr. Smiley.
These aren't projects. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:12
These aren't projects.