Monday, March 23, 2015

Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4

1. What is your definition of successful?
I believe success is measured not by fame or wealth, but by happiness. Joy is one of the greatest things life has to offer.

2. What have you given up to become successful?
I have taken few risks on my path to success. One is my time commitment.

3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
Parks gave up much of his family time with his wife and children.

4. Who was Genevieve Young's father?
Her step father was one of the founding father of the UN, Ambassador V.K. Wellington Koo.

5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
Parks was advanced 10,000 dollars.

6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?
5,000.

7. Why did Parks refuse the money?
He didn't have the same ideals Muhammad had.

8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
The Learning Tree was Parks' first film.

9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
Shaft was an African American hero. He was a figure that African Africans looked up to. He represented the dreams and hopes of the black people, and provided them with a role model to follow.

10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
His choice of weapon was his camera. "I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty."

11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
She was worn out by Gordon Park's life. She wanted more freedom in her own career. She did not like Gordon's lack of organization. 

12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
Twelve Years a Slave told the same story.

13. Who was Gordon Parks, Jr?
Gordon Parks Jr was an American director, who is best known for his film Super Fly. He is the son of Gordon Parks. 

14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
My favorite Gordon Parks photo is the one with the maid with the broom and the mop in front of the American flag, American Gothic.

15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
In ten years, I'll remember that he was the black photographer who revolutionized photography and also was a film director and musician. 

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