Maya Angelou

The story focuses on Newark's Baraka family and its involvement in social activism, poetry, music, art and politics.

As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. Both were surprised by the sudden need to cancel planned trips to Brazil, their homeland. The closed borders brought unusual situations and an unknown feeling of exile. As news from Brazil reaches the distance like rocks breaking their computer screens, blurring the line between what is personal and what is collective, the pair of friends share their bewilderment and try to find some resonance amid the overwhelming amount of information that floats the virtual space.

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

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.

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!

A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments. From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her swinging soirees with Malcolm X in Ghana to her inaugural speech for President Bill Clinton, we are given special access to interviews with Dr. Angelou whose indelible charm and quick wit make it easy to love her.

I HOPE YOU DANCE: the power and spirit of song is the first full length documentary film to explore how one extraordinary song has transformed people's lives in profound, meaningful and sometimes startling ways. It is a film about hope, faith, optimism and the power of music to inspire and heal. The film highlights true stories of Love, Inspiration, Second Chances, Forgiveness and Miracles: A father who honors his daughter's memory by saving four lives through organ donation; a homeless shelter that teaches ballroom dancing, literally getting people back on their feet; a woman who miraculously recovers from a devastating spinal cord injury that should have killed her instantly; a couple who overcome the pain of their respective pasts to find love and redemption; two Nashville songwriters whose life experiences combine to create breathtaking piece of music for the ages.

From the director of ‘THE SECRET’ comes this unparalleled and life-changing film about the astonishing power and intelligence of your heart. Featuring some of the most inspiring and influential icons of our age including Paulo Coelho, Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Isabel Allende, and Eckhart Tolle, ‘THE POWER OF THE HEART’ – which ties into a book of the same name – is an experience that will lead you to uncover... and rediscover... the treasure in your chest.

Paul Simon vuelve a Sudáfrica para explorar el increíble viaje de su histórico albun "la gracia de la tierra", incluyendo la reacción política que recibió por romper presuntamente el boicot cultural de las Naciones Unidas de Sudáfrica diseñado para acabar con el régimen del Apartheid.

The story of the Harlem Rens: the greatest basketball team you never heard of.

Documental en clave de comedia que aborda temas serios como la identidad e igualdad entre las mujeres negras que sienten que necesitan tener el cabello largo y liso.

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

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

Continuación de las aventuras de la matriarca sureña Madea y su numerosa familia que comenzó en el film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman". Una orden judicial acaba de obligarla a hacerse cargo de Nikki, un fugitivo rebelde; sus sobrinas, Lisa y Vanessa, tienen problemas con sus relaciones, y encima tiene que organizar su reunión familiar. (FILMAFFINITY)

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

For the millennium New Year, Steven Spielberg agreed to create a 21 minute montage, supported by powerful narrations. It was a one-time performance. It tracks the good and the bad of our United States as it traveled through the ending century and millennium.

Loretta Sinclair (Alfre Woodard) es una mujer al borde de la autodestrucción en un peligroso barrio de Chicago, donde el tráfico de drogas y la violencia están a la orden del día. Sin embargo, una oportunidad de renacer se le presenta cuando es acogida por su tío Earl (Al Freeman Jr.) en el hogar ancestral de la familia Sinclair en una pequeña población rural de Mississipi. Loretta descubrirá el valor de la familia y recuperará su autoestima. Esta película marca el debut tras las cámaras de la aclamada autora afroamericana Maya Angelou.

¿ Puede haber algo mejor que la Navidad ? ¡Imagínate... cuando un deseo mágico navideño es concedido y Elmo consigue ver cómo sería el mundo si todos los días fueran Navidad! ¡Disfruta de montones de canciones y villancicos con Elmo y su nuevo amigo Relámpago, y descubre por tí mismo porqué es mejor que la Navidad sea una vez al año!

In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and Indian activist Russell Means, talk about religion, while composer Philip Glass and film-producer Irwin Winkler discuss the births of their children. Pastor Jess Moody recalls WW II deaths of his friends, and artist Janice Blake remembers being raped.

This award-winning documentary tells the story of the American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s journey to Ayrshire to visit the birthplace of fellow poet Robert Burns​. As a child, Angelou read Burns’ work and discovered similarities between her own life and his, which she explores throughout this documentary, filmed at the time of the bicentenary of Burns’ death.

Dos individuos se enfrentan a la intolerancia y prejuicios de su comunidad para conquistar sus sueños. Alegato antirracista protagonizado por dos grandes actores de color: Wesley Snipes (Demolition Man, El pasajero 57) y Danny Glover (Arma Letal, Sin perdón). Se trata de un melodrama compuesto por varios segmentos, con algunos toques de humor.

Finn (Winona Ryder), una joven estudiante que está terminando su tesis de fin de carrera, se dedica, al mismo tiempo, a organizar su boda con Sam. Pero la idea de perder la libertad empieza a angustiarla. Decide entonces ir a casa de su abuela , donde, rodeada de excéntricos amigos y familiares como su tía Glady Jo , meditará sobre su futuro.

Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. It was originally broadcast on May 18, 1994. The show featured Joe Pesci (as Ronald Grump), Corbin Bernsen (as real estate attorney, Arnie), Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (as a Worm TV hosts), John Goodman (as Tough Guy Helpline operator), Charles Grodin (as Chaz), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as reporter Kathie Lee Kathie), Rosie O'Donnell (as the Good Hope Fairy), Susan Sarandon (as Bitsy), Barbara Walters (reporting for 25/25), and Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford (as themselves).

Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination.

From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by Kotlowitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter who first met the boys in 1985 when they were 10 and seven, respectively. Their family includes a mother, a frequently absent father, an older brother and younger triplets. We witness the horrors of growing up in an ill-maintained housing project tyrannized by drug gangs and where murders and shootings frequently occur.

Tras presenciar el asesinato de su primer y único novio, la joven Justice decide abandonar el instituto y convertirse en una peluquera en Los Ángeles. Evitando las nuevas amistades, su única forma de combatir la depresión será componer bellos poemas. Camino de una convención en Oakland, se ve obligada a compartir asiento con un trabajador postal, con el que poco a poco irá descubriendo afinidades.

James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy.

Aimé Césaire - Le Masque des mots is a portrait of the Martinican writer who calls himself a rebellious negro and for whom the poetic act represents an act of freedom.

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

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.

A television drama directed by Maya Angelou. In 1975, the accomplished writer became the first African American woman to join the Directors Guild of America in the director’s category. Produced by trailblazing TV executive Barbara Schultz, Visions often focused on complex themes including social justice, feminism, race and sexuality. Executive Producer: Barbara Schultz. Director: Maya Angelou. Writer: Alexis DeVeaux. With: Gloria Jones Schultz, Glynn Turman, Ebony Wright.

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

Georgia, a black American singer, comes to Stockholm for a show. She meets an American deserter and soon they have fallen in love. But Georgia's assistant Alberta tell her to stick to her own kind.

Georgia, a black American singer, comes to Stockholm for a show. She meets an American deserter and soon they have fallen in love. But Georgia's assistant Alberta tell her to stick to her own kind.

Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity, empathy and skill, Anderson assembles a vital record of desegregation efforts around the country in 1959 and 1960, featuring footage by documentary legends Albert Maysles and Richard Leacock and early Black cameraman Robert Puello, singing by Maya Angelou, and narration by playwright Loften Mitchell. Anderson fleetly moves from sit-ins in Montgomery, Alabama to a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, D.C. to a protest of the unprosecuted death in police custody of an unarmed Black man in Brooklyn, capturing the incredible reach and scope of the civil rights movement, and working with this diverse of footage, as she would later say, “like an artist with a palette using different colors.”

En 1912, en un pueblo de pescadores de Carolina del Sur, Bess (Dorothy Dandridge), una mujer con mala reputación, trata de librarse de Crown, su amante (Brock Peters). La única persona dispuesta a pasar por alto su pasado es Porgy (Sidney Poitier), un tullido. Pero su relación se ve amenazada por la desaprobación de la gente y por el retorno de Crown. Basada en la ópera homónima del compositor George Gershwin, cuyo libreto es obra de Ira Gershwin y DuBose Heyward. (FILMAFFINITY)

A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.