Gordon Parks, who directed one of my all-time favorite films, Shaft, died yesterday. He wrote and directed The Learning Tree, the first major studio production directed by a Black man. He was a noted photographer, bringing his art and journalistic content to the masses in Life magazine for over a quarter-century, writer, poet, and novelist.
The world is a better place because of him.
Posted by Bill at March 8, 2006 08:50 PMSomeone once told me that she didn't like The Learning Tree because it promoted codependence.
*duck*
Posted by: Joel Sax at March 9, 2006 01:56 AM