Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.

  • Title: Maya Angelou
  • Popularity: 8.43
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1928-04-04
  • Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Maya Angelou Movies

  • 2009
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    Good Hair

    Good Hair

    6.563 2009 HD

    An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 1996
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    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    6.2 1996 HD

    Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 2016
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    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    7.9 2016 HD

    A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 2018
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    Words Are Things

    Words Are Things

    1 2018 HD

    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.

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 2009
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    The Black Candle

    The Black Candle

    5.8 2009 HD

    The origins of Kwanzaa and the seven principles upon which the pan-African holiday derives its meaning are explored in this fascinating documentary....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 2015
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    I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song

    I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song

    1 2015 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 1996
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    Angelou on Burns

    Angelou on Burns

    1 1996 HD

    This award-winning documentary tells the story of the American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s journey to Ayrshire to visit the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 1998
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    The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

    The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens

    1 1998 HD

    Travel to the mysterious island that time forgot -- the island of Madagascar. Nestled in the tranquil waters of the Indian Ocean off the coast of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 1992
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    Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists

    Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists

    1 1992 HD

    Contemporary African-American artists tell how their art and lives have been affected by African influences and their own experiences living as Black...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 2014
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    The Power of the Heart

    The Power of the Heart

    6 2014 HD

    From the director of ‘THE SECRET’ comes this unparalleled and life-changing film about the astonishing power and intelligence of your...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Isabel Allende

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  • 2023
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    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    2 2023 HD

    James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: James Baldwin

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  • 1993
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    There Are No Children Here

    There Are No Children Here

    5.5 1993 HD

    From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Oprah Winfrey

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  • 2011
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    On the Shoulders of Giants

    On the Shoulders of Giants

    6.3 2011 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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  • 1994
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    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

    10 1994 HD

    Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Alfre Woodard

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  • 2012
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    Paul Simon: Under African Skies

    Paul Simon: Under African Skies

    7.3 2012 HD

    Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Paul Simon

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  • 2022
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    Why Is We Americans?

    Why Is We Americans?

    1 2022 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Lauryn Hill

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  • 1998
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    Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

    Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

    1 1998 HD

    The composer-arranger-producer is honored in a tribute taped in 1997.

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    Cast: Quincy Jones

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  • 2003
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    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    1 2003 HD

    Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Stephanie Allain

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  • 1987
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    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

    1 1987 HD

    Aimé Césaire - Le Masque des mots is a portrait of the Martinican writer who calls himself a rebellious negro and for whom the poetic...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Aimé Césaire

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  • 2021
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    A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

    A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

    1 2021 HD

    Song for Cesar is a documentary film with a unique view of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement. The film tells a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Cesar Chavez

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  • 2020
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    Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde

    Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde

    1 2020 HD

    As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. Both were...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ailton Krenak

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  • 1995
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    How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

    6.4 1995 HD

    Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Winona Ryder

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  • 1957
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    Calypso Heat Wave

    Calypso Heat Wave

    1 1957 HD

    A jukebox operator helps promote a calypso craze.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Johnny Desmond

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  • 1999
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    The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

    6 1999 HD

    A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bill Clinton

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  • 1993
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    Poetic Justice

    Poetic Justice

    6.849 1993 HD

    Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Janet Jackson

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  • 1997
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    Perfect Moment

    Perfect Moment

    1 1997 HD

    In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Norman Lear

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  • 2018
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    Becky and the Birds

    Becky and the Birds

    1 2018 HD

    A short film based on the self-titled extended play album “Becky and the Birds” by Becky and the Birds (Thea Gustafsson).

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Thea Gustafsson

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  • 2008
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    Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

    Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

    7 2008 HD

    An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Joe Louis

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  • 2006
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    Madea's Family Reunion

    Madea's Family Reunion

    6.4 2006 HD

    Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of Southern matriarch Madea. She has just been...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tyler Perry

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  • 2018
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    Mr. SOUL!

    Mr. SOUL!

    7.5 2018 HD

    On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ellis Haizlip

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  • 2010
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    One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas

    6.3 2010 HD

    On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mike Tyson

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  • 1959
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    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6.357 1959 HD

    Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Sidney Poitier

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  • 1994
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    Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

    Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

    7 1994 HD

    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...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Joe Pesci

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  • 2009
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    The Black Candle

    The Black Candle

    5.8 2009 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maya Angelou

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  • 1998
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    Down in the Delta

    Down in the Delta

    6.37 1998 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alfre Woodard

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  • 1976
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    The Tapestry

    The Tapestry

    6 1976 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Gloria Jones Schultz

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  • 1975
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    All Day Long

    All Day Long

    1 1975 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Marc Copage

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  • 1960
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    Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

    7.7 1960 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • 1972
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    Georgia, Georgia

    Georgia, Georgia

    5.2 1972 HD

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Diana Sands

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  • 1979
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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    3.714 1979 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Benjamin

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  • 1979
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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    3.714 1979 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Benjamin

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  • 1972
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    Georgia, Georgia

    Georgia, Georgia

    5.2 1972 HD

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Diana Sands

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  • 1996
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    America's Dream

    America's Dream

    7 1996 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Danny Glover

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  • 1982
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    Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

    1 1982 HD

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Diahann Carroll

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  • 2003
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    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

    7.3 2003 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Roma Downey

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  • 2011
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    The Early Show

    The Early Show

    5.714 2011 HD

    The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999 to 2012. The program aired live from 7...

    Genre: News

    Cast: Bryant Gumbel

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  • 1977
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    The Richard Pryor Show

    The Richard Pryor Show

    5.857 1977 HD

    The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Richard Pryor

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  • 2005
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    Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

    5.167 2005 HD

    Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Meredith Vieira

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  • 2001
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    Moesha

    Moesha

    6.818 2001 HD

    Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Brandy Norwood

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  • 2011
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 2011 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2012
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    Iconoclasts

    Iconoclasts

    6 2012 HD

    Iconoclasts is a Sundance Channel show. Each episode pairs two "creative visionaries" who discuss their lives, influences, and art, most of whom are...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2024
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    American Masters

    American Masters

    6.9 2024 HD

    American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2004
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    America Beyond the Color Line

    America Beyond the Color Line

    6 2004 HD

    Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard's chair of Afro-American Studies, travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the temperature of black...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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  • 2002
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    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    3.154 2002 HD

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six...

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Rosie O'Donnell

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  • 1977
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    Roots

    Roots

    7.4 1977 HD

    The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Amos

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  • 2024
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.1 2024 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bray Poor

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  • 1998
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    The Gregory Hines Show

    The Gregory Hines Show

    1 1998 HD

    The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997 before airing on...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Wendell Pierce

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  • 2017
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    The Nineties

    The Nineties

    7.067 2017 HD

    Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us the Internet, DVDs, and other cultural...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2000
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    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    6.6 2000 HD

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series that premiered March 26, 1995, on HBO. Narrated...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Robert Guillaume

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