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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

We loved it!Because on the screen we're looking ata Black superhero

We loved it!
Because on the screen we're looking at
a Black superhero

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We loved it! Because on the screen
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we're looking at a Black superhero.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:32
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.
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
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.