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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- American Masters Pictures, ITVS, Artemis Rising, Ford Foundation / JustFilms
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Maya Angelou as Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton as Self
Hillary Clinton as Self
Common as Self
Louis Gossett Jr. as Self
Guy Johnson as Self
Cicely Tyson as Self
Oprah Winfrey as Self
Top Crew
Bob Hercules · Director
Rita Coburn Whack · Director
Jay Alix · Producer
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