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Tag Archives: Gordon Parks
Leadbelly (1976) Gordon Parks, Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Read More »
Solomon Northup’s Odyssey (1984) Gordon Parks, Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, Mason Adams
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. Read More »
Shaft (1971) Gordon Parks, Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Action, Crime, Thriller
The Learning Tree (1969) Gordon Parks, Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Drama
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood.
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