简介：AtruetwentiethcenturyRenaissanceman,GordonParksisonofthemostprolificanddiverseartistsinAmericatoday.Apreeminentphotographer,poet,novelist,composerandfilmmaker,Park'sartisticvisionknowsnoboundaries.HiscareerinphotographyspansfromtheeloquentsocialcommentaryofhisearlyclassicphotoAmericanGothic,tothehighfashionphotographyofhisdaysinParisforVoguemagazine.Parks'powerfulchronicleoftheCivilRightsmovementcoveredthepagesofLifemagazinefortwodecades;andhisintimateportraitsofcelebritieslikeIngridBergmanbroughthimnewlevelsoffameanddistinction.AsafilmmakerhewasthefirstblackmantodirectamajorHollywoodproductionwiththepoignantmemoirofhisyouth,TheLearningTree.Hepavedthewayforanewgenerationoffilmdirectorswithhishipandprovocativeblackhero,Shaft,whichcontinuestobeapopcultureclassic.NarratedbyAlfreWoodard,HalfPastAutumnisvividlyillustratedbyParks'ownmasterfulphotographsaswellasParkstheman,revealinghimselfandthepersonalsacrificeshemadforhisart.ThiscandidportraitoftheartistifajourneythroughthewatershedmomentsinAmerica'ssocialhistory,punctuatedbyParks'seminalworksandhisuniqueabilitytofollowhisinstinctstothemostfascinatingandchallengingplacesintheworld.…