Maya Angelou

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

Enquanto a pandemia de Sars-Covid 19 aumentava, Rubiane Maia estava em Folkestone, na Inglaterra, e Tom Nobrega em Tarapoto, na Amazônia peruana. Ambos ficaram surpresos com a necessidade repentina de cancelar as viagens planejadas para o Brasil, sua terra natal. As fronteiras fechadas trouxeram situações insólitas e um sentimento desconhecido de exílio. À medida que as notícias vindas do Brasil chegam à distância como pedras quebrando suas telas de computador, borrando a linha entre o que é pessoal e o que é coletivo, a dupla de amigos compartilha sua perplexidade e tenta encontrar alguma ressonância em meio à quantidade avassaladora de informações que flutuam o espaço virtual.

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!

O legado da icônica escritora, poeta, atriz e ativista Maya Angelou é relembrado através de arquivos raros e íntimos que retratam momentos ocultos de sua vida exuberante ao longo de alguns dos momentos mais marcantes da história dos Estados Unidos, Desde a sua criação no sul da era da Depressão, passando pelo trabalho com Malcolm X em Gana e chegando ao discurso feito na posse de Bill Clinton como presidente, conheça a incrível jornada de vida da Dra. Angelou.

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 returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime. On the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's GRACELAND, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger offers a glimpse at the controversy surrounding the decision to record the album in South Africa despite a UN boycott of the nation, which was aimed at ending apartheid. In the run-up to an eagerly anticipated reunion concert, Simon, Quincy Jones, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Harry Belafonte, Paul McCartney and others reflect on the decision to record with local artists in South Africa, and the cultural impact of the album that delivered such hits as "I Know What I Know" and "You Can Call Me Al."

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

Instigado por uma pergunta da filha mais nova, o comediante Chris Rock explora a importância do cabelo na cultura negra. Rock entrevista celebridades como Ice-T e Raven Symone, e visita salões de beleza, concursos de cabeleireiros e até mesmo um templo indiano para aprender sobre cultura capilar.

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.

Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of Southern matriarch Madea. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of Nikki, a rebellious runaway, her nieces, Lisa and Vanessa, are suffering relationship trouble, and through it all, she has to organize her family reunion.

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.

A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.

Será que até o Natal pode ser demais? Descubra o que acontece quando um pedido de Natal muito especial é realizado, e Elmo vê como seria o mundo se todo dia fosse Natal !

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.

Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director.

Enquanto elabora sua tese e se prepara para se casar Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder), uma jovem mulher, vai morar na casa da sua avó (Ellen Burstyn). Lá estão várias amigas da família, que preparam uma elaborada colcha de retalhos como presente de casamento. Enquanto o trabalho é feito ela ouve o relato de paixões e envolvimentos, nem sempre moralmente aprováveis mas repletos de sentimentos, que estas mulheres tiveram. Neste meio tempo ela se sente atraída por um desconhecido, criando dúvidas no seu coração que precisam ser esclarecidas.

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.

Após à morte do namorado gângster e ao suicídio da mãe alcoólatra, Justice, cabeleireira negra, leva uma vida minimalista. Interessado por ela, simpático carteiro tenta vencer a barreira que passou a separá-la da vida a partir das duas mortes.

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.”

Situada no início do século XX, no fictício bairro Catfish Row, em Charleston, Carolina do Sul, que abriga uma comunidade de pescadores negros, a história se concentra nos personagens titulares, o mendigo aleijado Porgy, que viaja em um carrinho de cabras e a viciada em drogas Bess, que mora com o estivador Crown, o valentão local. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.