Maya Angelou

Full filmography

• Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025) as Self (archive footage)
• Wild & Free (2024) Thanks
• Daedalus (2024) as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
• Maya Angelou at the BBC (2024) as Self (archive footage)
• 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
• Mr. SOUL! (2018) as Self (archive footage)
• Becky and the Birds (2018) as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Words Are Things (2018) as Narrator (voice)
• 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
• The Black Candle (2009) Poem
• 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
• America Beyond the Color Line (2004) as Self
• Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? (2004) as Self (archive footage)
• Sisters in Cinema (2003) as Self
• The Runaway (2000) as Conjure Woman
• The Early Show (1999) as Self
• The Unfinished Journey (1999) as Self
• Down in the Delta (1998) Director
• Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (1998) as Self
• The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens (1998) as Narrator
• HARDtalk (1997)
• The Gregory Hines Show (1997) as Self
• Perfect Moment (1997) as Self
• Moesha (1996) as Maya Angelou
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self
• Get on the Bus (1996) as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
• Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) as Narrator (voice)
• Angelou on Burns (1996)
• America's Dream (1996) Story
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Fairy Godmother (voice)
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995) as Anna
• Touched by an Angel (1994) as Clarice Mitchell
• Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) as Self (archive footage)
• Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994) as Self
• Intimate Portrait (1993) as Self (archive footage)
• Poetic Justice (1993) as Aunt June
• Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993) as Self - Special Guest
• There Are No Children Here (1993) as Lelia Mae
• The Real Malcolm X (1992)
• Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists (1992) as Anchor
• 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)
• Sister, Sister (1982) Writer
• Sister, Sister (1982) Producer
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) Writer
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) Novel
• Roots (1977) as Nyo Boto
• The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
• The Richard Pryor Special? (1977) as Willie's Wife
• The Richard Pryor Special? (1977) Additional Writing
• The Tapestry (1976) Director
• All Day Long (1975) Director
• Georgia, Georgia (1972) Music
• Georgia, Georgia (1972) Writer
• Great Performances (1971) as Self
• Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! (1969) as Self - Host
• Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! (1969) Writer
• Integration Report 1 (1960) Music
• Porgy and Bess (1959) as Dancer
• Calypso Heat Wave (1957)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Conjure woman
• Assignment America