Movie Monday Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4

1. What is your definition of successful?
   A: My definition of success is being happy while doing something that you look forward to do everyday.
2. What have you given up to become successful?
   A: I gave up my free time to study and get good grades at school.
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
   A: Parks gave up his "black community" and worked with a white company.
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father?
   A: A rich business man.
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
   A: He advanced to $10,000 for the first 7 pages.
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?
   A: $50,000
7. Why did Parks refuse the money?
   A: He didn't believe in the religion and felt that it was wrong. 
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
   A: It was the first movie that was directed by an African American.
9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
   A: He was the first African-American super hero that appealed to the black community. 
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
    A: His choice of weapons was his camera that allowed him to publish articles.
11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
    A: She couldn't balance her job and her marriage at the same time because it was unpredictable.
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
    A: 12 years a Slave
13. Who was Gordon Parks, jr?
    A: He was also a photographer and a film director. He died in a plane crash.
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
    A: My favorite photo is the one where the black child is crying, and there is a tear on his face. It is my favorite because it is really powerful, and it tells the pain of what they had to deal with.
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
    A: In ten years, I will remember him for being the most famous black photographer when MLK and the black panthers were active.