Maya Angelou and Still I Rise (2016)
114 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.
- Release date
- October 14, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Stephen James Taylor
Trailer
Cast
- Cicely Tyson as Self - Actress
- Guy Johnson as Self - Maya Angelou's Son
- Diahann Carroll as Self - Actress
- Don Martin as Self - Dancer
- 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 Self - Writer
- Jules Feiffer as Cartoonist
- Robert Loomis as Self - May Angelou's Editor
Crew
- Jay Alix · Producer
- Rita Coburn · Producer
- Bob Hercules · Producer
- Stephen James Taylor · Composer
- Keith Walker · Cinematographer
- Lillian Benson · Editor
- David E. Simpson · Editor