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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

To be able to sit back, let it happen, observe closelywhat's going on, and find out...

To be able to sit back, let it happen, observe closely
what's going on, and find out what's
interesting about it. He had that ability,
and it comes through in all of his photography

Full Transcript

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To be able to sit back,
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let it happen, observe closely what's going on,
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and find out what's interesting about it.
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He had that ability, and it comes through
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in all of his photography.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:57
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.
In 1957, LIFE sent Gordon - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
In 1957, LIFE sent Gordon
He represented crime as an ambiguity. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:05
He represented crime as an ambiguity.
It deracialized the story of crime. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
It deracialized the story of crime.
He also showed the humanity around crime. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:14
He also showed the humanity around crime.
There's an incredible photograph of a prison cell. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:13
There's an incredible photograph of a prison cell.
What you see is the anxiety - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:27
What you see is the anxiety
You cannot be a person of color - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:10
You cannot be a person of color
My cousins lived in North Philadelphia, - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:24
My cousins lived in North Philadelphia,
And Parks got it, you know, in the images presented. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:04
And Parks got it, you know, in the images presented.
That image where he shows those police officers - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:25
That image where he shows those police officers
Using the rule of law is certainly a way - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:09
Using the rule of law is certainly a way
But I have recognized that that's not enough. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:07
But I have recognized that that's not enough.
In narrative work and using narrative tools - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:25
In narrative work and using narrative tools
Gordon Parks became central - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:08
Gordon Parks became central
Narrative work is how Parks changed hearts and minds. - A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks 00:06
Narrative work is how Parks changed hearts and minds.
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.