Moments without Proper Names (1987)
Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through a non-narrative abstract self-portrait that combines his photographs with his poetry, musical compositions and scenes from his films. It also features footage of Parks, plus interpretations of his personal reminiscences performed by actors Avery Brooks, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Joe Seneca.
Director: Gordon Parks
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Gordon Parks as Self |
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Avery Brooks as Self |
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Roscoe Lee Browne as Self |
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Joe Seneca as Self |
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Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage) |
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Coretta Scott King as Self (archive footage) |
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Ben Webster as Self (archive footage) |
| Sound | Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | John Carter | Editor |
| Production | Andrew Comins | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Mario Sprouse | Music Arranger |
| Production | Shep Morgan | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Michael Escover | Animation |
| Sound | Gordon Parks | Music |
| Production | John Carter | Producer |
| Camera | Michael Livesey | Director of Photography |
| Art | Shep Morgan | Production Design |
| Art | John Carter | Production Design |
| Writing | Shep Morgan | Writer |
| Directing | Gordon Parks | Director |
| Writing | Gordon Parks | Writer |
| Production | Jeanne Wolf | Producer |
| Production | Preston L. Holmes | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Jeanne Wolf | Production Executive |
| Sound | Kevin Lombard | Sound |
| Sound | Alex Pfau | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Fontaine Carter | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Samuel Barber | Additional Music |
| Sound | Richard Hazard | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jimmy Jones | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Tom McIntosh | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Kermit Moore | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Dale Oehler | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Gordon Parks | Orchestrator |
| Sound | O.C. Smith | Vocals |
| Crew | Duane P. Daily | Thanks |
| Crew | Patricea Duncan | Thanks |
| Crew | Ken Lieberman | Thanks |
| Crew | Dee Anne Wright | Thanks |