He even got his son into the genre. Gordon Parks Jr. directed “Super Fly” (1972) and three other films before tragically passing away in a plane crash in 1979. At just 24 years old ...

Super Fly was his third solo album, composed for Gordon Parks Jr’s movie. It yielded two top ten hits – “Freddie’s Dead” and ...

The exhibition of Gordon Parks’ work in London aims to reposition him as more than a photojournalist, and instead as an artist against social injustice Born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, ...

A documentary made on the set of The Learning Tree Narrated by Gordon Parks Jr and featuring interviews with Gordon Parks Sr and members of the cast and crew ...

In 1975, President Ford famously told New York City—in essence—to drop dead. Six years later Isaac Hayes, as the pimped-out Duke of New York, captured and tortured the president of the United ...

has become a timeless love song. At midnight, the programming gets a little grittier with 1972’s “Super Fly,” Gordon Parks Jr.’s groundbreaking Blaxploitation flick starring Ron O’Neal ...

Craig Marberry, Author, Michael Cunningham, Author, Gordon Parks, Jr., Foreword by. Doubleday $27.50 (232p) ISBN 978-0-385-50406-5 The duo responsible for Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in ...

Mecole Hardman Jr. and Chariah Gordon announced their engagement in June 2024 Chariah Gordon Instagram Mecole Hardman Jr. and Chariah Gordon are headed for the altar! The couple announced their ...

The film that would bring Preston to Indiana was director Ivan Dixon’s audacious adaptation of Sam Greenlee’s radical novel “The Spook Who Sat By the Door.” Made on a modest budget, the film, about a ...

Hamptons Doc Fest unveiled the lineup for its 17th edition and announced Michael Moore will receive the Pennebaker Career ...

Charles Gordon Lee, Jr., 71, of Los Angeles died unexpectedly on August 6, 2024, near Simi Valley, California. Charlie was born on June 20, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, to Charles and Polly Lee.