Gordon Parks, Renaissance Man
MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
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I produced this spot for MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds, a collaborative audio project from the Minnesota Historical Society and AMPERS.
Minnesotan Gordon Parks (1912-2006) became famous as the director of the 1971 hit film, Shaft. The blockbuster broke racial boundaries in the detective genre, featuring a Black actor in the lead. In addition to filmmaking, Parks was a self-taught musician, poet, and novelist. He was also the first African-American photographer and essayist for Life magazine, where he worked for nearly a quarter century.
My roles: Reporting & research, interviewing, field recording, scriptwriting, narration, sound design, sound editing & mixing, final engineering for broadcast