A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks's primary photo
  • A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
  • 89 min | Documentary
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
89 min | Documentary

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.
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Nov 15, 2021 (United States)

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49 cast members
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Gordon Parks
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Muhammad Ali
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Lonnie Bunch
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Stokely Carmichael
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Eldridge Cleaver
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Kathleen Cleaver
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Ralph Ellison
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David Frost
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Merv Griffin
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Isaac Hayes
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Langston Hughes
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Mahalia Jackson
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Red Jackson
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Martin Luther King
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Malcolm X
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Mamie Till Mobley
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Elijah Muhammad
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Leslie Parks
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Rosa Parks
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Rakim
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Slick Rick
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Jackie Robinson
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Eugene Simpson
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Emmett Till
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Gloria Vanderbilt
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Ella Watson
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Willie D
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Richard Wright
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