Film
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016 · 1h 52m · Documentary
- IMDb
- 7.8
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 96%
- Metacritic
- 66
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Maya Angelou
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self
Hillary Clinton
Self
Common
Self
Louis Gossett Jr.
Self
Guy Johnson
Self
Cicely Tyson
Self
Oprah Winfrey
Self
Alfre Woodard
Self
John Singleton
Self
Crew
- Bob HerculesDirector
- Rita Coburn WhackDirector
- Jay AlixProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 14, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
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