Maya Angelou Movies

  • 2018
    Becky and the Birds

    Becky and the Birds

    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).

    Becky and the Birds
  • 2009
    Good Hair

    Good Hair

    Good Hair

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    An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories an...

    Good Hair
  • 1995
    How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

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    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...

    How to Make an American Quilt
  • 1993
    Poetic Justice

    Poetic Justice

    Poetic Justice

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    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...

    Poetic Justice
  • 1999
    The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

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    A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.

    The Unfinished Journey
  • 2006
    Madea's Family Reunion

    Madea's Family Reunion

    Madea's Family Reunion

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    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...

    Madea's Family Reunion
  • 2008
    Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

    Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

    Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

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    An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights e...

    Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
  • 2022
    Why Is We Americans?

    Why Is We Americans?

    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.

    Why Is We Americans?
  • 1957
    Calypso Heat Wave

    Calypso Heat Wave

    Calypso Heat Wave

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    A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.

    Calypso Heat Wave
  • 2021
    A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

    A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

    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...

    A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
  • 1998
    The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

    The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

    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...

    The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
  • 1992
    Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists

    Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists

    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...

    Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
  • 2010
    One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas

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    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...

    One Night in Vegas
  • 1998
    Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

    Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

    Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

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    The composer-arranger-producer is honored in a tribute taped in 1997.

    Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
  • 1977
    The Richard Pryor Special?

    The Richard Pryor Special?

    The Richard Pryor Special?

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    Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Da...

    The Richard Pryor Special?
  • 2024
    Maya Angelou at the BBC

    Maya Angelou at the BBC

    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...

    Maya Angelou at the BBC
  • 2014
    The Power of the Heart

    The Power of the Heart

    The Power of the Heart

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    From the director of ‘THE SECRET’ comes this unparalleled and life-changing film about the astonishing power and intelligence of your heart. Featuring...

    The Power of the Heart
  • 2024
    Daedalus

    Daedalus

    Daedalus

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    "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...

    Daedalus
  • 1996
    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    6.21996HD

    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...

    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
  • 2016
    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

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    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...

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise