Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016-10-14| 112 min

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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Documentary

Cast

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Common

Common

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

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