The life and career of photographer, writer, director, and composer Gordon Parks.The life and career of photographer, writer, director, and composer Gordon Parks.The life and career of photographer, writer, director, and composer Gordon Parks.
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Duke Ellington
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ben Webster
- Self
- (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
- Self
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Gordon Parks: At times, especially in the adolescence of my career, I allowed my camera to pass judgment upon people, without first taking time to understand them. I took refuge in the erroneous adage that a photograph never lies. Since then, I have learned that what a man is, is not always shown on the face he wears. Usually, there's a deep truth submerged inside, often imprisoned by his most constant enemy: himself.
- SoundtracksAdagio for Strings
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moments without proper names
Hate to come across as Freddy Philistine here, especially in the face of such obvious visual/literary artistry, but I'm immediately suspicious of a retrospective on the life of the first notable, American, black film maker that largely leaves out the film making! How come scenes from "Learning Tree" make the cut but not "Shaft" or, dare I even say it? "Superfly"? Is Parks ashamed of being a pioneer of the Blaxploitation movement? If so, why? Is he saying that the Hollywood part of his life is somehow extraneous to the rest of it? If so, then that's kinda pretentious, isn't it?
Bottom line: An incomplete or, if you're less kind, a beautifully superficial retrospective. Solid C.
Bottom line: An incomplete or, if you're less kind, a beautifully superficial retrospective. Solid C.
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- mossgrymk
- Feb 1, 2022
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By what name was Moments Without Proper Names (1987) officially released in Canada in English?
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