Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
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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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Edited by Lillian BensonShot by Keith WalkerScored by Stephen James Taylor
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17 unique people credited
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Cicely Tyson
as Self - Actress
Guy Johnson
as Self - Maya Angelou's Son
Diahann Carroll
as Self - Actress
Don Martin
as Opened for Maya Angelou, 1950's
Louise Meriwether
as Self - Writer
Nikki Giovanni
as Self - Writer
Louis Gossett Jr
as Self - Actor
Alice Windom
as Self - Friend
Jules Feiffer
as Cartoonist
Robert Loomis
as Self - May Angelou's Editor
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