Maya Angelou Movies

A singer whose companion hates whites falls for a white U.S. photographer in Sweden.

A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.

A short film based on the self-titled extended play album “Becky and the Birds” by Becky and the Birds (Thea Gustafsson).

In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and...

As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. Both were...

Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.

Contemporary African-American artists tell how their art and lives have been affected by African influences and their own experiences living as Black...

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...

This award-winning documentary tells the story of the American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s journey to Ayrshire to visit the...

The origins of Kwanzaa and the seven principles upon which the pan-African holiday derives its meaning are explored in this fascinating documentary....

A television drama directed by Maya Angelou. In 1975, the accomplished writer became the first African American woman to join the Directors Guild of...

A young orphaned boy comes to live with his aunt and discovers that his best friend is having an affair with her.

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.