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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
89 min | Documentary

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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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49 cast members

Name	Known for
Gordon Parks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Learning Tree (1969)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Self Self See fewer	Airplane! (1980)
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Devin Allen Self Self See fewer	We Used to Win Here (2023)
Maurice Berger Self Self See fewer	SundayArts News (2008)
Phillip Brookman Self Self See fewer	Mysteries at the Museum (2010)
Lonnie Bunch Self (as Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III) Self (as Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch III) See fewer	Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story (2020)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Eldridge Cleaver Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back) (1971)
Kathleen Cleaver Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zabriskie Point (1970)
Jelani Cobb Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Anderson Cooper Self Self See fewer	Chappie (2015)
Adger W. Cowans Self Self See fewer	Juice (1992)
Ava DuVernay Self Self See fewer	Selma (2014)
Ralph Ellison Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Invisible Man
David Frost Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Retreat (I) (2011)
Nelson George Self Self See fewer	Brooklyn Boheme (2011)
Merv Griffin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jeopardy! (1984)
Isaac Hayes Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Escape from New York (1981)
Langston Hughes Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Way Down South (1939)
Mahalia Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mississippi Burning (1988)
Red Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Spike Lee Self Self See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Mamie Till Mobley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Women of the Movement (2022)
Elijah Muhammad Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Week (1956)
Khalil Gibran Muhammad Self Self See fewer	Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (2018)
Leslie Parks Self (as Leslie Parks-Bailey) Self (as Leslie Parks-Bailey) See fewer	The Greatest Day - The Epic Story Behind Hip-Hop's Most Iconic Photograph (2023)
Rosa Parks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Touched by an Angel (1994)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Howard K. Smith (1962)
Rakim Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Juice (1992)
Michal Raz-Russo Self Self See fewer	A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
Slick Rick Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Face/Off (1997)
Jackie Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Paul Roth Self Self See fewer	A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021)
Richard Roundtree Self Self See fewer	Shaft (1971)
Latoya Ruby Frazier Self Self See fewer	She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Jamel Shabazz Self Self See fewer	Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Eugene Simpson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Mario Sprouse Self Self See fewer	Moments Without Proper Names (1987)
Bryan Stevenson Self Self See fewer	Just Mercy (2019)
Emmett Till Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Gloria Vanderbilt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
Darren Walker Self Self See fewer	Uncharitable (2023)
Ella Watson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Willie D Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Boogie Down Productions: You Must Learn (1989)
Richard Wright Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Native Son (1951)
Genevieve Young Self Self See fewer	The Learning Tree (1969)