Moments Without Proper Names

Moments Without Proper Names

59 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 1, 1987

Moments Without Proper Names makes Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through an hourlong, non-narrative abstract self-portrait that combines Parks’s photographs with his 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.

Moments Without Proper Names

59 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 1, 1987

Moments Without Proper Names
Moments Without Proper Names makes Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through an hourlong, non-narrative abstract self-portrait that combines Parks’s photographs with his 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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers
Original title Moments Without Proper Names
Directors Gordon Parks
Writers Shep Morgan, Gordon Parks