[youtube id=”O8pLATICKq8″] Rita Coburn Whack introduced Common and Maya Angelou and she is also the co-producer of American Masters-Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. PBS will air the documentary Tuesday, February 21st at 8PM EST. The film will be released on DVD that day and Digital HD on February 22nd.Continue Reading
[youtube id=”OSe7rkK76x4″] And Still I Rise is a documentary about the late Dr. Maya Angelou. The late author, poet and civil rights activist passed two years ago and the film is a chronicle of her life and work. Common, Hilary Clinton, Cicely Tyson and Alfre Woodard are some of theContinue Reading
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/156640484″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] “My Victory” is from the forthcoming soundtrack to MK Asante’s 2013 award-winning memoir, Buck. The music is produced by J.Dilla and it’s from his Rebirth Of Detroit Instrumentals. Maya Angelou’s vocals are lifted from The Black Candle which is a 2008 documentary aboutContinue Reading
[youtube id=”JqOqo50LSZ0″] Poet, author, civil rights activist and professor Maya Angelou passed today at her home in North Carolina. Angelou became famous after the 1969 publication of her first autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. She would write a total of 7 memoirs, 3 books of essays andContinue Reading