Gordon Parks

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Birth Name: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks

Born: 30 November 1912 Died: 7 March 2006

Country of origin: United States

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Sally Alvis

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Gone, but not forgotten (1761 items)
list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz

Published 3 days, 11 hours ago

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A Movie for every Director (part 4) (100 items)
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Published 9 years ago

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People...Black directors (120 items)
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Published 9 years, 10 months ago

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People...Black Excellence Tribute (162 items)
list by william maxey 83

Published 9 years, 6 months ago

3 comments

9 votes

Black American Firsts in Film and Theatre (70 items)
list by Dj Levels

Published 2 years, 9 months ago

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Description: The pre-eminent American photojournalist of sub-Saharan descent. An acclaimed photographer for Life magazine from the late 40s through late 60s, he turned to directing films, his second of which, the blaxploitation movie "Shaft" (1971), achieved success at the box office. In 1989 his first film effort, "The Learning Tree" (1969), was selected among the first 25 films so honored, by the U.S. Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry for all time. Parks also worked as a correspondent with the Office of War Information in Washington, D.C. during World War II, where he photographed the all ... (more)

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1. The Learning Tree (1969)

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1. The Learning Tree (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

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1. American Playhouse

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Gone, but not forgotten (1761 person items)

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Gone, but not forgotten (1761 person items)

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Tribute...Black directors...Behind the camera (79 person items)

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Black American Firsts in Film and Theatre (70 person items)

"First Major Film DirectorGordon Parks' work as a photographer made him famous, but he is also the first Black director to direct a full-length feature film. Parks began working as a film consultant for several Hollywood productions in the 1950s. He was also commissioned by National Educational Television to direct a series of documentaries focused on Black American life in urban environments.By 1969, Parks adapted his autobiography, The Learning Tree into a film. But he did not stop there. "

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Behind the camera...Black directors (75 person items)

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12 Years a Slave (1963) (10 movies items)

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