Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Name: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Genre: Biography, History, Documentary
Released: October 14, 2016
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 66

2016

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American Masters | Release Date: October 14, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou.

Director: Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack

Genre(s): Biography, History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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Ken Jaworowski

Oct 13, 2016

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise covers so much ground that it’s usually easy to forgive the filmmakers for not digging deeper. This is a documentary interested in breadth rather than depth, and on those terms it succeeds. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 13, 2016

If this adulatory “American Masters” production elides certain chapters of Angelou’s biography, it nonetheless offers ample evidence of her commanding intensity and of her importance as an unwavering voice of the black experience. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Oct 13, 2016

Angelou’s life and work was rich, significant, influential and hugely varied, and yet “And Still I Rise” is hobbled by unimaginative delivery and direction. In short, it’s limited, and Angelou’s own history proves that limitations must be fought against at every turn. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Sep 16, 2016

At least with its wide scope, Maya Angelou and Still I Rise shows that her time on Earth was about more than being an author, poet, civil rights activist, a mother, a dancer, a singer, a film director, producer, journalist and much more. Her life was poetry itself. Read full review

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