Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments. From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her swinging soirees with Malcolm X in Ghana to her inaugural speech for President Bill Clinton, we are given special access to interviews with Dr. Angelou whose indelible charm and quick wit make it easy to love her.
Directors: Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack.
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Maya Angelou as Self (archive footage) |
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Bill Clinton as Self |
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Hillary Clinton as Self |
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Common as Self |
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Louis Gossett Jr. as Self |
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Guy Johnson as Self |
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Cicely Tyson as Self |
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Oprah Winfrey as Self |
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Alfre Woodard as Self |
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John Singleton as Self |
| Directing | Bob Hercules | Director |
| Directing | Rita Coburn Whack | Director |
| Production | Jay Alix | Producer |
