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.
Photos
Duke Ellington
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ben Webster
- Self
- (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
- Self
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
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- Quotes
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
Featured review
Words And Images
Avery Brooks, Joe Seneca, and Roscoe Lee Brown read from the writings of Gordon Parks, while images from Parks' photography alternate with the speakers.
Parks is best known for directing SHAFT, but before then he had had a long and varied career, including photographer and writer; his first major movie, THE LEARNING TREE, was from his own novel. The writings these three fine actors recite are from fiction and non-fiction, but they capture in words what his photographer's lens sees, and by putting them into words, strengthen them.
I don't consider this particularly cinematic, but it is enormously powerful and moving.
Parks is best known for directing SHAFT, but before then he had had a long and varied career, including photographer and writer; his first major movie, THE LEARNING TREE, was from his own novel. The writings these three fine actors recite are from fiction and non-fiction, but they capture in words what his photographer's lens sees, and by putting them into words, strengthen them.
I don't consider this particularly cinematic, but it is enormously powerful and moving.
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- Also known as
- Gordon Parks: Moments Without Proper Names
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By what name was Moments Without Proper Names (1987) officially released in Canada in English?
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