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Gordon Parks
Director 1912 - 2006

Gordon Parks

Fort Scott, Kansas, United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

4 titles
The Super Cops

The Super Cops

Gordon Parks 1974 1h 30m 6.0

Two New York City cops. Greenberg and Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman and Robin".

Shaft's Big Score!

Shaft's Big Score!

Gordon Parks 1972 1h 45m 5.5

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

Shaft

Shaft

Gordon Parks 1971 1h 40m 7.1

A cool dark skinned detective involved in a case in Harlem. A trivial story that in the beginning of the sparked a revolution in American movies for black actors to play the lead rolls.

The Learning Tree

The Learning Tree

Gordon Parks 1969 1h 47m

A bittersweet, idyllic story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality.

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