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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)

Documentary
Release Date: 2016, October 14
Directors: Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack
Countries: United States of America
Production: American Masters Pictures, ITVS, Artemis Rising, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Bill Clinton, Common, Oprah Winfrey, Cicely Tyson, Hillary Clinton, Louis Gossett Jr., Maya Angelou, Guy Johnson

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.

Keywords:

poet feminist activism