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Gordon Parks, Jr. is a Actor and Director American born on 7 december 1934
Gordon Roger Parks, Jr. (December 7, 1934 – April 3, 1979) was an American film director best known for the film Super Fly.
Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon Parks. The younger Parks followed in his father's footsteps after his father had success with the blaxploitation hit Shaft.
He was killed with three others when their small airplane crashed on takeoff near Nairobi, Kenya.
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Gordon Parks, Jr.
Birth name Gordon Roger Parks, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 7 december 1934
Death 3 april 1979 (at 44 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 7 december 1934
Death 3 april 1979 (at 44 years)
Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon Parks. The younger Parks followed in his father's footsteps after his father had success with the blaxploitation hit Shaft.
He was killed with three others when their small airplane crashed on takeoff near Nairobi, Kenya.
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Filmography of Gordon Parks, Jr. (4 films)
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Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
, 1h39Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Actors Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara, Robert Hooks, Charles McGregor, Gordon Parks, Jr.
Roles Uncredited
Rating58%
Aaron Loves Angela is about two teenagers living in the slums of New York City who are deeply in love with each other. Angela (Irene Cara), who is Puerto Rican, falls in love with Aaron (Kevin Hooks), who is black. Their relationship is not approved by either of their parents. They both rebel against their parents' prejudices, but soon find out that their friends and neighbors share the same prejudices as their parents.
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Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
, 1h39Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Actors Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara, Robert Hooks, Charles McGregor, Gordon Parks, Jr.
Rating58%
Aaron Loves Angela is about two teenagers living in the slums of New York City who are deeply in love with each other. Angela (Irene Cara), who is Puerto Rican, falls in love with Aaron (Kevin Hooks), who is black. Their relationship is not approved by either of their parents. They both rebel against their parents' prejudices, but soon find out that their friends and neighbors share the same prejudices as their parents.
Three the Hard Way (1974)
, 1h33Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., Gordon Parks Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about racism
Actors Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Jay Robinson, Sheila Frazier, Howard Platt, Charles McGregor
Rating61%
Three The Hard Way was released in 1974 and is considered one of the classic action movies of the blaxploitation genre. Directed by the acclaimed Gordon Parks Jr., son of Gordon Parks (Shaft 1971) and director of Super Fly (1972), the film stars the three biggest black action stars of the era; Jim Brown (The Dirty Dozen, El Condor, Slaughter) as record producer Jimmy Lait, Fred Williamson (Black Caesar, Bucktown) as entrepreneur Jagger Daniels, and Jim Kelly (Enter the Dragon, Black Samurai, Black Belt Jones, One Down Two to Go) as martial arts master Mister Keyes.
Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)
Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., Gordon Parks Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Max Julien, Glynn Turman, Juanita Moore, George Murdock, Vonetta McGee, Jason Bernard
Rating59%
Vonetta McGee plays Thomasine and Max Julien plays Bushrod in a film intended as a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
Super Fly (1972)
, 1h33Directed by Gordon Parks, Gordon Parks, Jr., Gordon Parks Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Gangster films
Actors Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier, Carl Lee, Julius Harris, Charles McGregor, John Williams
Rating63%
Priest (Ron O'Neal) is an up-and-coming cocaine dealer in New York City. On his way to a meeting point in Harlem early one morning he is mugged by two junkies. Priest beats one up and gives chase to the other, beating him until he gets the money back. Afterwards, Fat Freddie and Nate Adams, Priest's main dealers, turn up at his apartment to make their payments.