Moments Without Proper Names

1987

English

7.4

♡ 1

Action

black america

black filmmakers documentary

Gordon Parks Director

Avery Brooks as

Joe Seneca as

Roscoe Lee Browne as (as Rosco Lee Browne)

Gordon Parks as Self

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.

The Connection

1961

English

7.0

♡ 1

95%

Shirley Clarke Director

Garry Goodrow as Ernie

William Redfield as Jim Dunn

Roscoe Lee Browne as J. J. Burden

Barbara Winchester as Sister Salvation

A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.