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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

The swaggering guy with that black leather jacket,which became an icon. This was...

The swaggering guy with that black leather jacket,
which became an icon. This was Gordon's
other personality

Full Transcript

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The swaggering guy
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with that black leather jacket, which became an icon.
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This was Gordon's other personality.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:34
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.
The movie was a critical success - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:18
The movie was a critical success
Shaft is back! - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
Shaft is back!
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.