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(Chicago Tribune)		Gordon Park, director of "Shaft," dies at 93. Shut yo mouth (chicagotribune.com)		11
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NotoriousW.O.P		2006-03-07 09:40:36 PM

They say Gordon Parks is a bad motha...

Seriously, I'm bummed

robmilmel		2006-03-07 09:41:44 PM

He was a complicated man....

Radioactive_Clown		2006-03-07 10:34:33 PM

He risked his neck for his brother man

zappaisfrank		2006-03-07 11:14:12 PM

I remember reading his book "The Learning Tree" in high school. He was an excellent photographer as well.

RocketRod		2006-03-08 12:29:43 AM

He was a baaaad....

"Shut yo' mouth!"

I'm just talkin' 'bout Gordon...

"We can dig it!"

/RIP

MsStressa		2006-03-08 02:00:48 AM

He was an amazing photographer. Rest in Peace.

Mr. Fenster Manifester		2006-03-08 09:17:25 AM

RIP
"See ya later shiatty"

Crocodile		2006-03-08 10:30:00 AM

"said Richard Roundtree... 'There's no one cooler than Gordon Parks.'"

And he was from Kansas, yo. Yes, we have Fred Phelps. But we also had Gordon Parks.

He hated his early life in Kansas, but recently made some measure of peace with the people of Fort Scott once the new mayor made efforts to make things right. One big issue was how the gravesites of the black people were treated compared to the sites of whites.

This should have made the front page. He was a very special person.

gilgigamesh		2006-03-08 12:07:37 PM

He was much, much more than a director.

He was a prolific author and composer. He was an artist. An incredible photographer. An all around renaissance man; in the truest sense of the word.

He was also symbolic of the black cultural renaissance of the 70s, a renaissance which, sadly, completely derailed over the last 20 years.

He will be missed. Good night, funny man.

DemDave		2006-03-08 02:14:16 PM

If we're going honor this well-deserving man on Fark, can we at least spell his name right?

Gordon Park(s), director of "Shaft," dies at 93. Shut yo mouth

artman		2006-03-08 05:35:40 PM

When people like this pass on...I feel that the whole world again just got a little stupider...

Anyone know where I can get his movie "Super Cops" on DVD? I read the book and then saw the movie. Wasn't his best, but as with Shaft, shot all over NYC in the '70's. Even TLA can't find it...

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