I know this sounds corny, but the first time I heard the name Gordon Parks was when Larenz Tate uttered it in Love Jones (1997). I was immediately drawn to the name. Maybe it was the slick coolness in which Darius Lovehall name dropped him to impress Nina Mosley or maybe his name was just that powerful to make me want to learn more. Either way; he was officially on my radar. That fall, his book “Half Past Autumn: A…
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