A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

2021 "The new generation of artists shaped by a legend."

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

7.6 | 1h29m | en | Documentary

This documentary chronicles renaissance man 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.

7.6 | 1h29m | en | Documentary

Synopsis

Cast

Ava DuVernay , Spike Lee , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Director

Clair Popkin

Producted By

HBO Documentary Films , Kunhardt Films

Trailers

Cast

Ava DuVernay

as Self

[2022] One Perfect Shot [2021] A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks [2021] Adele One Night Only [2020] Aggie [2018] Half the Picture [2014] Life Itself [2008] This Is the Life

Spike Lee

as Self

[2022] They Call Me Magic [2021] Pretend It's a City [2021] Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist [2021] A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks [2018] Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists [2015] Champs [2012] Red Hook Summer [2012] Brooklyn Boheme [2012] Bad 25

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

as Self

[2022] They Call Me Magic [2022] Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War [2021] A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks [2020] John Bronco [2020] Be Water [2016] O.J.: Made in America [2015] Kareem: Minority of One [2015] Kobe Bryant's Muse [2011] On the Shoulders of Giants