Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Alfre Woodard · Bill Clinton · Cicely Tyson · Common · Guy Johnson · Hillary Clinton · John Singleton · Louis Gossett Jr. · Maya Angelou · Oprah Winfrey · Bob Hercules · Rita Coburn Whack
Studios & networks
American Masters Pictures · Artemis Rising · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · ITVS · JustFilms / Ford Foundation · National Endowment for the Arts