What is your definition of successful?
My definition of successful is that try my best to play every badminton games, never give up, enjoy what I am playing.
What have you given up to become successful?
I have given up my free times to study and get my grades up.
What did Parks give up to become successful?
He gave up the his stability of personal life and money to become super rich man .
Who was Genevieve Young's father?
Who was Genevieve Young's father?
Her father was a Chinese diplomat.
How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
He was advanced five thousand dollars.
How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?
Five million dollars.
Why did Parks refuse the money?
He didn't want to be totally controlled by Elijah Muhammad, that's why Park refused the money.
What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
It was the first Hollywood film produced and directed by an African American.
What was significant about the character Shaft?
He was African American hero, who was unusual.
What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
He used film, photography, and writing.
What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
It felt like she was in a "washing machine." She never knew what would happen next, and it also set her career back.
In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
12 Years A Slave
Who was Gordon Parks, jr?
Parks was the oldest son of photographer Gordon Parks. He was an American film director best known for the film Super Fly. He talents resembled his father's, was killed in a plane crash in 1979 in Kenya, where he had gone to direct a film.
What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
American Gothic
What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
Parks said that freedom was the theme of all of his work. He described it as, "Not allowing anyone to set boundaries, cutting loose the imagination, and then making the new horizons."
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