Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.014 |
| Birthday | 1928-04-04 |
| Place of Birth | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Also Known As |
2018
Becky and the Birds
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A short film based on the self-titled extended play album “Becky and the Birds” by Becky and the Birds (Thea Gustafsson).
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Becky and the Birds
2009
Good Hair
6.538/91
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories an...
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Good Hair
1995
How to Make an American Quilt
6.419/178
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits...
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How to Make an American Quilt
1993
Poetic Justice
6.9/248
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to att...
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Poetic Justice
1999
The Unfinished Journey
6/2
A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.
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The Unfinished Journey
2006
Madea's Family Reunion
6.3/193
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her...
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Madea's Family Reunion
2008
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
7/2
An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights e...
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Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2022
Why Is We Americans?
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The story focuses on Newark's Baraka family and its involvement in social activism, poetry, music, art and politics.
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Why Is We Americans?
1957
Calypso Heat Wave
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A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.
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Calypso Heat Wave
2021
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
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Song for Cesar is a documentary film with a unique view of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement. The film tells a previousl...
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A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
1998
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
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Travel to the mysterious island that time forgot -- the island of Madagascar. Nestled in the tranquil waters of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Afri...
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The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
1992
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
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Contemporary African-American artists tell how their art and lives have been affected by African influences and their own experiences living as Black...
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Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
2010
One Night in Vegas
6.125/8
On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. A...
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One Night in Vegas
1998
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
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The composer-arranger-producer is honored in a tribute taped in 1997.
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Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
1977
The Richard Pryor Special?
6.3/3
Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Da...
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The Richard Pryor Special?
2024
Maya Angelou at the BBC
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Bonnie Greer looks back on the extraordinary life of one of literature’s most significant and inspirational figures, Maya Angelou, through an explorat...
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Maya Angelou at the BBC
2014
The Power of the Heart
6/2
From the director of ‘THE SECRET’ comes this unparalleled and life-changing film about the astonishing power and intelligence of your heart. Featuring...
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The Power of the Heart
2024
Daedalus
10/1
"Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." Daedalus weaves a tale of ambition and caution through an ancient myth, set in a n...
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Daedalus
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
6.2/10
Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be lik...
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Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
7.9/14
A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exube...
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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2003
Sisters in Cinema
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Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.
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Sisters in Cinema
1989
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1.5/2
James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americ...
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1997
Perfect Moment
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In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and India...
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Perfect Moment
2018
Words Are Things
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Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words but in the meantime let’s be careful about the words we use.
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Words Are Things
2009
The Black Candle
5.8/2
The origins of Kwanzaa and the seven principles upon which the pan-African holiday derives its meaning are explored in this fascinating documentary. N...
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The Black Candle
1993
There Are No Children Here
5.5/2
From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by Kotl...
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There Are No Children Here
2015
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
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I HOPE YOU DANCE: the power and spirit of song is the first full length documentary film to explore how one extraordinary song has transformed people'...
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I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
2011
On the Shoulders of Giants
6.3/3
The story of the Harlem Rens: the greatest basketball team you never heard of.
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On the Shoulders of Giants
1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
10/1
Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, throug...
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Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1987
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
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Aimé Césaire - Le Masque des mots is a portrait of the Martinican writer who calls himself a rebellious negro and for whom the poetic act represents a...
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Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
2018
Mr. SOUL!
7/3
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars...
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Mr. SOUL!
2020
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
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As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. Both were surp...
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Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
1996
Angelou on Burns
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This award-winning documentary tells the story of the American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s journey to Ayrshire to visit the birthpla...
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Angelou on Burns
2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
7.3/16
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for...
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Paul Simon: Under African Skies
1959
Porgy and Bess
6.2/21
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the stor...
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Porgy and Bess
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7/3
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....
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