We’re Talking About Gordon Parks … and We Can Dig It
Maurice Berger, The New York Times
May 2019

If there is a pantheon of black action heroes, John Shaft is a shoo-in. The suave private eye with a heart — and a mission — has endured for almost half a century. Now as Richard Roundtree reprises his iconic role for the film franchise’s fifth installment, Samuel L. Jackson and Jessie T. Usher Jr. join him as family members fighting injustice (and looking cool, all the while). […]