Thursday, March 09, 2006
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Gordon Parks R.I.P.
Film Director, Painter, Poet, Author, Musician, Composer and award winning photographer Gordon Parks died yesterday aged 93 from cancer. I have to admit he did not look 93, no way but in those 93 years he sure squeezed in a lot of life along with 3 marriages. I knew him originally as a photographer as I had seen some of his work when he documented a black low income family in Harlem in the 60's. However he was best known for writing and directing 'Shaft' starring Richard Roundtree and featuring the music of Isaac Hayes. I was reading his full page obituary in the Guardian today and it made my mouth drop because he accomplished so much and was self-taught during a time when he didn't have full civil rights. I am hoping there might be a documentary on him quite soon.
I did a brief introduction to Gordon Parks a couple of months ago as his music was in the FIM Vol 17 review, which is here.
# posted by Gladstone Minzie : 5:40 PM
