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Maya Angelou Acting Filmography (44)

Orwell: 2+2=5
2025·Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou at the BBC
2024·Self (archive footage)
Daedalus
2024·Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Why Is We Americans?
2022·Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021·Self
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020·Self
Becky and the Birds
2018·Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Words Are Things
2018·Narrator (voice)
Mr. SOUL!
2018·Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016·Self (archive footage)
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song
2015·Self
The Power of the Heart
2014·Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012·Self
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
One Night in Vegas
2010·Self
Good Hair
2009·Self
The Black Candle
2009·Self - Narrator
Papa Césaire
2009·Self
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed
2008·Self
Madea's Family Reunion
2006·May
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004·Self (archive footage)
Sisters in Cinema
2003·Self
The Runaway
2000·Conjure Woman
The Unfinished Journey
1999·Self
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
1998·Narrator
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
1998·Self
Perfect Moment
1997·Self
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996·Narrator (voice)
Angelou on Burns
1996
Get on the Bus
1996·Self (archive footage, uncredited)
How to Make an American Quilt
1995·Anna
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994·Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994·Self (archive footage)
Poetic Justice
1993·Aunt June
There Are No Children Here
1993·Lelia Mae
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993·Self - Special Guest
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
1992·Anchor
The Real Malcolm X
1992
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989·Self
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
1987·Self
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou
1982
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977·Willie's Wife
Porgy and Bess
1959·Dancer
Calypso Heat Wave
1957