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starring: Alfre Woodard, Jr. Gordon Parks, Samuel F. Yette, Toni Parks-Parsons, Russell Simmonsdirected by: Craig Rice (III)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783119946
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Surround Sound
ISBN: 0783119941
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Release Date: September 04, 2001
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 40900
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 2000
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Wonderful artist; wonderful biography
"Half Past Autumn" serves as a video biography of a wonderful artist, Gordon Parks. Parks was a genius of all trades -- photography, music composition; writing, filmmaking. "Half Past Autumn" gives an overview of his life, from his birth ("At his birth he died -- and was named Gordon after the young interning doctor who said -- let me try something -- and put him in freezing water and rubbed his body with a cloth -- bringing him back to life) Maybe his extraordinary birth had something to do with ... Read More
Rating: - A TRIBUTE TO AN ARTIST
Gordon Parks has lived a long life. Half Past Autumn, the artistic retrospective of his life toured the country and received outstanding accolades. In this video of the same name, we as viewers get the opportunity to see the portfolio of this man's contributions as a photographer, composer, novelist and poet. Parks is a man for all times.
Our journey begins in Ft. Scott, Kansas where Parks was born. He shares with us his ambiguous memories of his home where there was violence as well ... Read More
Rating: - The images from the heart
Just to see the relationship for more than 20 years between this incredible photographer and human being and Flavio, a poor kid from the "Favelas" at Rio de Janeiro, is enough for me to buy this wonderful documentary.
Gordons Parks is a special man. His images are created in the most beautiful part of his heart, he just uses his camera to make them available to all of us.
If you're a photographer like I'm, after see this retrospective of his work, you just want to have enough film ... Read More
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