Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

★ 8.0IMDb Score
Released:2016-10-14
Duration:112 min
Director:Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack
Actors:Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Common, Louis Gossett Jr.
Production:American Masters Pictures, ITVS, Artemis Rising, Ford Foundation / JustFilms, National Endowment for the Arts, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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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