Gordon Parks Movies
- 1973
Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks
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"Listen to a Stranger" spotlights esteemed writer, photographer, and filmmaker Gordon Parks, Sr., who discusses his life and career in the documentary...
- 2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
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With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than...
- 1969
My Father: Gordon Parks
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A documentary made on the set of "The Learning Tree." Narrated by Gordon Parks Jr., and featuring interviews with Gordon Parks Sr. and members of the...
- 1969
The Moviemakers
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A featurette that shows director Gordon Parks on location for the film The Learning Tree.
- 2005
Unstoppable
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An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.
- 2000
Shaft
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New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...
- 1971
Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
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A behind the scenes look at the filming of the movie Shaft (1971). The movie's director, Gordon Parks is seen directing a couple of fight scenes which...
- 2005
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
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Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet S...
- 2005
The History Makers: Success
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Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success in the first ins...
- 2000
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
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An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet, musicia...
- 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic ch...
- 1996
All Power to the People!
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Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the hi...
- 1968
Diary of a Harlem Family
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Presents Gordon Parks' photo-essay "A Harlem Family", framed by a filmed segment featuring Parks and the Fontanelle family and narrated by Parks.
- 1987
Moments Without Proper Names
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Moments Without Proper Names makes Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through an hourlong, non-narrati...
- 1992
Lincoln
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Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.