Movie Monday Half Past Autumn Part 1 & 2

Born November 1912, Gordon Parks was born dead but was given life when a young white doctor dipped him in an icy cold tub of water.

He was born in Kansas.

She told him that black people rarely go to college because they are simply "not college material".

Gordon Parks was 15 when his mother died.

His mother's dying wish was for him to move to Minnesota to live with his sister. 

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He walked into Frank Murphy's store, a high end store for women's clothing, asking to shoot models.

Double exposure is when the camera shutter is opened more than once in order to get subsequent images over the original.

After shooting the photos for Frank Murphy, he caught the attention of Marva Louis, wife of the famous boxer Joe Louis.

Gordon Parks played the piano.

The purpose was to document rural conditions and to promote the programs of the RA.

He assigned Gordon Parks to go to high end stores in Washington D.C. He was smacked with the racial segregation in D.C.

She was the model in the famous picture by Gordon Parks, American Gothic 

Gordon Park's version of the American Gothic inspired Grant Wood to take a similar picture also known as American Gothic

He learned how to approach people as well as that the people in front of the picture are more important than the person behind the photo.