Maya Angelou and Still I Rise

  • 2016


MOVIE IS uplifting american foremost inspiring
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Positive Reviews 18
Average Rating 3.8/5
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3.2
Angelou herself is the star, one who is more riveting and original sitting in a chair, reciting the story of her life, than this or most, really docum .. Indie Wire
3.5
Since so much of that life was filmed and photographed, this bio doc cant help but have a visual flair.Maya Angelou And Still I Rise by Bob Hercules a .. Screen Daily
3.1
As the story of Angelou exemplifies the power of expression, it only becomes increasingly apparent that this documentary has little artistry of its ow .. Rogerebert
4.0
This African American icons story is a mixture of triumph and tragedy. Spirituality And Practice
4.0
Directors Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack stick to the American Masters format of archival footage, talking heads, and reenactments, but their seam .. Chicago Reader
4.2
BOTTOM LINE Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise takes a conventional cradle to grave approach to its subject, but it succeeds as a vivid and moving portrai .. News Day
4.0
But this documentary put together by Bob Hercules and first time film maker Rita Coburn Whack, shows the varied, creative and often brutal back story .. The Guardian
4.5
| Photo: Wayne Miller Maya Angelou was born into a world that barely valued her at all, but her death in 2014, at the age of 86, occasioned worldwide .. Eye For Film
3.8
The truth is, Angelous epic journey from a mute girl in segregated Arkansas to an icon of civil rights, literature and entertainment could easily be a .. Sf Gate
3.5
This is a documentary interested in breadth rather than depth, and on those terms it succeeds. The New York Times
5.0
Therell be more complex portraits of this complex Renaissance woman. Los Angeles Times
3.5
One of the foremost 20th century shapers of an African American literature and identity, the subject of Maya Angelou and Still I Rise wore many hats i .. Variety
4.0
With such a brutally honest subject and source material, Angelous story is both shocking and inspiring. Lw Lies
4.5
More than one reviewer has overlooked the virtue of slimmed yet comprehensive filmmaking like this, suggesting that yet another hours long documentary .. New City Film
3.0
This colourful life and its seeming iconic stature sometimes overwhelm Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whacks documentary. Vue Weekly
3.5
One of the most uplifting and gorgeous films is the documentary The Eagle Huntress. Kdhx
4.0
The film is stuffed full of never before seen gems that paint a complete picture of this renaissance woman. Shadow And Act
4.0
Early in Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, poet Nikki Giovanni says of the films subject, Maya was a dancer.She sang. Essence



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