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6/10
A Thoughtful Man
boblipton24 November 2021
Gordon Parks talks about incidents from his life, his mother, working as a waiter on the railroad, becoming a photographer, getting along with gang members, how he came to become a novelist. He speaks in a slow, hesitant manner, saying things that are evident to him, but taking care to phrase them in a way that will make sense to others. It's the story of a man who made his way slowly from the son of a poor dirt farmer to the director of a movie for MGM.

It's the story of a man who, if he has something he thinks worth saying, I'm more than willing to listen.
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7/10
fascinating life
SnoopyStyle19 November 2021
Gordon Parks was born poor in Kansas. He worked as a waiter on a train. He would become a photographer and write The Learning Tree. He would also direct the blaxploitation classic Shaft plus more.

As a movie, this is cinematically simple but the subject is charismatic. It's enchanting to watch him recount his life story. There is also footage of a train which suggests recreating a sense of his past. Of course, I know Shaft and The Learning Tree but I've never heard of the man. It's a good piece of archive for cinema and also America.
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