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Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic66/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Bob HerculesDirector
- Rita Coburn WhackDirector
Cast
- Maya AngelouSelf (archive footage)
- Bill ClintonSelf
- Hillary ClintonSelf
- CommonSelf
- Louis Gossett Jr.Self
- Guy JohnsonSelf
- Cicely TysonSelf
- Oprah WinfreySelf
- Alfre WoodardSelf
- John SingletonSelf
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Themes
poetfeminist activism