Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

8.0
2016
1h 52m
HD
Documentary

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.

Top Cast

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Self

Common

Common

Self

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Self

G

Guy Johnson

Self

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Self

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Self

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