An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet, musician and filmmaker.
Cinematography
Parks' own photographs speak louder than any talking head could.
Direction
Lets the work breathe instead of over-explaining genius.
Director
Craig Rice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Parks directed Shaft AND composed its score, because apparently directing the film that invented blaxploitation wasn't enough flex.
His 1948 Life magazine photo essay on a Harlem gang leader created the visual language for understanding Black youth that Hollywood is still copying.
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