A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)

June. 18,2021

7.6

| Documentary

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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.

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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

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

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

Reviews

Linkshoch

2021/06/18

Wonderful Movie

Dynamixor

2021/06/19

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Jonah Abbott

2021/06/20

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Kaydan Christian

2021/06/21

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.