Gordon Parks
November 30, 1912 · 113 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the dire…
Known For
7 titles
Shaft
A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Shaft's Big Score!
Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
The Learning Tree
A bittersweet, idyllic story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality.
Leadbelly
Biography of the legendary folksinger, Huddie Ledbetter, master of the 12-string guitar and long-time convict on Texas and Louisiana chain gangs.
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Feature-length documentary on renegade filmmaker, novelist, musician and theater impresario, Melvin Van Peebles.
The World of Piri Thomas
Depicts life in Spanish Harlem through the eyes - and writings - of Puerto Rican-Cuban poet Piri Thomas, whose memoir Down These Mean Streets (1967) had recently become a best-seller.
My Father: Gordon Parks
A documentary portrait of poet, novelist, photographer, and composer Gordon Parks on the set of his first film, The Learning Tree (1969): the first major studio film directed and produced by an African American.