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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73 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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Flavio da Silva
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Ossie Davis
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Duke Ellington
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Ralph Ellison
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Antonio Fargas
Bunky (archive footage) Bunky (archive footage)   See fewer
George Floyd
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David Frost
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Dick Gregory
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Joel Grey
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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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Fat Joe
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Kyle Johnson
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Martin Luther King
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Shirley Anne Kirksey
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Eartha Kitt
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Malcolm X
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Mamie Till Mobley
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Elijah Muhammad
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Herbert Muhammad
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David Oyelowo
Dr.. Martin Luther King (archive footage) Dr.. Martin Luther King (archive footage)   See fewer
Leslie Parks
Self (as Leslie Parks-Bailey) Self (as Leslie Parks-Bailey)   See fewer
Rosa Parks
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Wendell Pierce
Rev. Hosea Williams (archive footage) Rev. Hosea Williams (archive footage)   See fewer
Sidney Poitier
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Questlove
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Rakim
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Slick Rick
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Jackie Robinson
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Jimmy Rushing
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Bill Russell
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Eugene Simpson
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Emmett Till
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Gloria Vanderbilt
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Denzel Washington
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Ella Watson
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Willie D
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Joanne Thornton Wilson
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Richard Wright
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