Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Filmography

As Cast

Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou at the BBC (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Daedalus (2024)
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Why Is We Americans? (2022)
as Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings (2021)
as Self
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde (2020)
as Self
Becky and the Birds (2018)
as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Words Are Things (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Nineties (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song (2015)
as Self
The Power of the Heart (2014)
as Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
as Self
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
One Night in Vegas (2010)
as Self
Good Hair (2009)
as Self
The Black Candle (2009)
as Self - Narrator
Papa Césaire (2009)
as Self
Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed (2008)
as Self
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
as May
Iconoclasts (2005)
as Self
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
America Beyond the Color Line (2004)
as Self
Sisters in Cinema (2003)
as Self
The Runaway (2000)
as Conjure Woman
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Self
The Early Show (1999)
as Self
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens (1998)
as Narrator
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (1998)
as Self
Perfect Moment (1997)
as Self
The Gregory Hines Show (1997)
as Self
HARDtalk (1997)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Angelou on Burns (1996)
Get on the Bus (1996)
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Moesha (1996)
as Maya Angelou
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
as Self
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Anna
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
as Clarice Mitchell
Poetic Justice (1993)
as Aunt June
There Are No Children Here (1993)
as Lelia Mae
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1993)
as Self - Special Guest
Intimate Portrait (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists (1992)
as Anchor
The Real Malcolm X (1992)
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989)
as Self
American Experience (1988)
as Self - Author
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words (1987)
as Self
American Masters (1986)
as Self
Creativity with Bill Moyers: Portrait of Maya Angelou (1982)
The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)
as Willie's Wife
The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
Roots (1977)
as Nyo Boto
Great Performances (1971)
as Self
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! (1969)
as Self - Host
Porgy and Bess (1959)
as Dancer
Calypso Heat Wave (1957)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
as Conjure woman
Assignment America

As Crew

Wild & Free (2024)
Thanks
The Black Candle (2009)
Poem
Down in the Delta (1998)
Director
America's Dream (1996)
Story
Sister, Sister (1982)
Writer, Producer
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Novel, Writer
The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)
Additional Writing
The Tapestry (1976)
Director
All Day Long (1975)
Director
Georgia, Georgia (1972)
Music, Writer
Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! (1969)
Writer
Integration Report 1 (1960)
Music