Maya Angelou Movies

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

Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.

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

Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity,...

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

Shortly after his death in 2008, Maldoror made this film about her longtime friend and collaborator, the Négritude poet Aimé...

In this documentary profile, Bill Moyers travels with Maya Angelou to Stamps, Arkansas, the segregated Southern town where she grew up. Revisiting...

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

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

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

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

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

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.