
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016•112 min•
★8.0
Documentary
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

Maya Angelou
Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton
Self

Hillary Clinton
Self

Common
Self

Louis Gossett Jr.
Self

Guy Johnson
Self

Cicely Tyson
Self

Oprah Winfrey
Self

Alfre Woodard
Self

John Singleton
Self

DirectorBob Hercules
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