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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: RGMike on March 07, 2006, 09:07:49 PM

Title: RIP Gordon Parks
Post by: RGMike on March 07, 2006, 09:07:49 PM

photographer and director (Shaft). He was 93!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/07/entertainment/e161819S02.DTL

I wish they'd finally release his little-seen Leadbelly biopic, on video.

Title: Re: RIP Gordon Parks
Post by: princessofcairo on March 08, 2006, 09:24:46 AM

Quote from: "RGMike"

photographer and director (Shaft). He was 93!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/07/entertainment/e161819S02.DTL

I wish they'd finally release his little-seen Leadbelly biopic, on video.

i just read an article on him last week, and was wondering...dear, dear.

Title: Re: RIP Gordon Parks
Post by: RGMike on March 15, 2006, 07:49:15 AM

Quote from: "princessofcairo"

Quote from: "RGMike"

photographer and director (Shaft). He was 93!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/07/entertainment/e161819S02.DTL

I wish they'd finally release his little-seen Leadbelly biopic, on video.

i just read an article on him last week, and was wondering...dear, dear.

HBO showed a docu about him last nite, narrated by Alfre Woodard. Quite an amazing life -- he and Gloria Vanderbilt were, well, he was in her jeans before she was making jeans.

Title: RIP Gordon Parks
Post by: RGMike on March 17, 2006, 03:26:06 PM

another nice appreciation of Mr Parks:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/17/DDGR4HOQ021.DTL