Moments Without Proper Names

USA / 1987 / English

Directed by Gordon Parks

Through Moments Without Proper Names, Gordon Parks surveys his career in an attempt, as he puts it, “to look back through an autumn mind” – where things are crisp and clear. But this isn’t just ‘a life in pictures’; here Parks’ photos, music and poetry blend together, none of those elements remaining entirely distinct. They play off of and reflect one another in various lights, telling his story in aggregate.